Altkirch National Cemetery holds the remains of soldiers who died for France during the Alsace offensive in August 1914 and during the Campaign for France in June 1940. Established in 1920 for the graves of soldiers who had been buried throughout the Belfort-Altkirch region and southeast of Mulhouse, it was developed until 1935. Covering 5,153 sqm, the cemetery holds the mortal remains of 1,734 French soldiers, including 139 in two ossuaries, together with 15 Russian soldiers from the First World War. 36 French soldiers killed in 1940 also lie at rest here.

After the Second World War, this cemetery was reorganised in order to bring together the bodies of 1,045 French soldiers and prisoners-of-war from the Haut-Rhin, Germany and Austria who died for France between 1940 and 1945. The bodies of 2,238 Frenchmen including 1,300 in individual graves, 45 Czechs, 19 Russians, one Briton and one Serbian lie here. Two ossuaries contain the mortal remains of 938 soldiers. During the First World War, nearly 25,000 French soldiers died on the slopes of the Hartmannswillerkopf, also known as the "Mangeur d'hommes" (Man-eater) or "Montagne de la Mort" (Mountain of Death).

In front of the cemetery stands the National Monument containing the bodies of nearly 12,000 unknown French soldiers in an ossuary built into a crypt, together with three chapels - Catholic, Protestant and Jewish.

Above the monument, there is the Altar of La Patrie. On its sides it bears the names of the cities which donated money to build the memorial. On either side of the entrance to the monument, two bronze Winged Victory statues stand guard, the work of sculptor Antoine Bourdelle. The memorial is overlooked by the summit of HWK, where many reminders of the battles that took place here in 1915 are conserved, and which to this day remains a cemetery open to the sky.

In remembrance of the soldiers who fought in 1915 in the battles for Metzeral, Rechakerkopf, the Sillacker, the Braunkopf and the Linge, 2,630 French soldiers are buried in this cemetery, of whom 855 lie in an ossuary. Established in 1920, the cemetery was developed up until 1924 to accommodate the remains exhumed from over sixty cemeteries in neighbouring towns.

In the centre of the cemetery there stands an ossuary monument dedicated to the Chasseurs Alpins (Alpine Hunters) of the 66th French Infantry Division, who distinguished themselves in the battles for the Linge and Metzeral in 1915. The Chasseurs battalions lost up to 80% of their men, paying a heavy price in these "battles for observation posts", fought to win strategic objectives and so be in a position to observe movements across the Rhine valley. The mountain range has since become known as "Le tombeau des Chasseurs" (the graveyard of the Alpine Hunters). Many of them are buried in this cemetery.

Not far from here, the summit of the Linge, together with its fortified engineering works, have been listed as historic monuments since 1982.

This cemetery brings together 3,535 Frenchmen, including 1,334 buried in two ossuaries. They are, for the most part, mountain infantrymen, however some soldiers from the 7th battalion of Indo-Chinese infantrymen also lie here. A testament to their sacrifice, this national cemetery bears the symbolic name of "cimetière des chasseurs", or cemetery of the mountain infantrymen. A monument by the sculptor Antoine de Colmar was inaugurated in August 1939 as a tribute to the dedication of these men. In the shadow of an enormous cross on which the word PAX (Peace) is inscribed, is the recumbent statue of a mountain infantryman, his rifle on the ground. In the absence of a grave around which they can gather their thoughts, bereaved families have affixed plaques to the walls of the two ossuaries in memory of soldiers whose bodies will never be found.

In 1921, after being taken over by the state, the battlefields of Hartmannswillerkopf, La Tête des Faux and Le Linge were classified, followed by the military cemeteries of Moosch and Carrefour Duchêne in 1923-1924. Little by little, they faded into obscurity, only to later receive renewed recognition due to their history and the suffering endured by the French and German soldiers.

The cemetery is named after Henri Duchesne, battalion commander of the 215th infantry regiment (RI), who was killed on 2 December 1914 during the attack at La Tête des Faux. Today his body lies in the military plot at Plainfaing (Vosges). This site, which is located to the south of the Col de Bonhomme - and can only be reached on foot from the Col du Calvaire - contains the bodies of 408 Frenchmen, including 116 who lie in an ossuary.

Within the cemetery is a chapel built during the hostilities, as well as a monument dedicated to both the men of the 14th battalion of the mountain infantry (BCA) who died in June 1915 and Major Duchesne.

Among the French soldiers lie the remains of Major Charles Golaz, battalion commander of the 359th RI (infantry regiment) (grave 232). Born in Switzerland in 1863, he is the only officer to be buried at Carrefour Duchesne.

In 1921, following their acquisition by the state, the battlefields of Hartmannswillerkopf, La Tête des Faux and Le Linge were classified, followed by the military cemeteries of Moosch and Carrefour Duchêne in 1923-1924.

Located on Hajus Hill, Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines National Cemetery contains the bodies of 248 French soldiers, including 122 unknown soldiers buried in two ossuaries (45 and 77 soldiers respectively), and two Russian prisoners (graves 109 and 110). Most of these men were killed during the offensives of August to October 1914.  In 1935, the graves of soldiers buried in the municipal cemeteries of Aubure and Lièpvre were moved to this site.

Four bodies of people killed during the Second World War are buried here. Three of them are soldiers killed in June 1940 and the other is a member of the resistance movement, François Artz (grave 46), who was shot dead by occupying troops in November 1944.

Close by is a German cemetery, which was built in December 1916, and which contains the graves of 1,036 people who were killed during the Great War and 136 during the Second World War.

Built in 1920 to accommodate the bodies of those initially buried in a makeshift cemetery in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, this National Cemetery, located at the Sainte-Marie Pass (Col Sainte-Marie), is now home to 230 French soldiers, 182 of whom are buried in an ossuary.  These men, who were awarded the ‘Morts pour la France’ (Died for France) distinction, were killed during the battles in the Vosges Mountains between 1914 and 1918.