Urville
is the only Polish WWII cemetery in France. It contains 696
graves, arranged around a large, V-shaped monument topped with an
aluminium sculpture symbolizing the Polish eagle.
These men mainly belonged to Major-General Maczek’s 1st
Armoured Division, which joined the Battle of Normandy in August
1944.
Polish
soldiers who fell in other parts of France during the fighting to
liberate the country are also buried here.
