Historical Information (Source: Volksbund)

In this cemetery, 2,820 German soldiers rest, 1,663 in individual graves including 3 unidentified and 1,157 in a mass grave among which only 148 are identified. First World War

The German military cemetery in Mennevret was created by the French military authorities at the beginning of August 1919 as a collective cemetery for German war dead who had found temporary graves in 48 municipal areas up to 50 km away. In 1914, the first dead were buried in the area around the village when the French army tried in vain to stop the German attack on the St Quentin-Vervins line at the end of August. With the German withdrawal to the "Siegfried-position" in March 1917, the distance to the front was reduced from 60 km to about 15 km. This led to the establishment of numerous military hospitals in Mennevret as well as in the surrounding towns and villages. The number of deaths increased accordingly. The troops in position also brought their fallen soldiers to the regimental or division cemeteries at the rear.

The vast majority of those who rested here, whose troops were based in all countries and provinces of the then German Reich, died during the major German attacks in March and at the end of May 1918, as well as during the retreat and in the fierce defensive battles from August to November 1918.