The Cassino German Military Cemetery is the resting place of German soldiers killed during the battles for the Salerno Beachhead, the Withdrawal to the Gustav Line and the battles for the town of Cassino and the Monte Cassino Monastery.
They fell in the battles for the beachhead in the Gulf of Salerno, during the retreat along the Adriatic coast and in the battles for the town of Cassino and the Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino.
The cemetery was inaugurated on May 4, 1965 following the reburial of casualties concentrated from smaller cemeteries and scattered field graves.
The cemetery is located in the village of Caira, three kilometres north of the town of Cassino on the slopes of Colle Marino. It contains 20,100 graves, of which 3,100 are unknown. It is laid out in terraces and there is a memorial hall which lists 911 casualties with no known grave.
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| German Military Cemetery Entrance |
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| German Military Cemetery |
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| German Military Cemetery |
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| German Military Cemetery |
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| German Military Cemetery |
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| German Military Cemetery |
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| German Military Cemetery Grave Cross |
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| German Military Cemetery Memorial of those with no graves |
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| German Military Cemetery |
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