How did the Allies and Axis handle corpses after a massive battle during WW2?

by Justryan95

I've been watching WW2 documentaries and the way they describe D-day makes it seem like there's literally thousands of bodies just laying all over the place, even Nazis along with Ally bodies. How did they deal with the bodies after a battle while under a the pressure of a counter attack and setting up logistics for a contiental invasion. I know there's large graves near the beaches in France for WW2 deaths today.

Did they take time to pause to collect the bodies? Did they have groups collecting bodies behind troops fighting and pushing the front out? Did they have it a dignified way were made to think soldiers get when they die or was it collect their dog tag and toss them into a pile to be moved to a cemetery near the beach or into a mass grave? Did they take time to place every single body into the appropriate grave site? How was it for the Soviets or Nazis? I'm assuming they tossed the dead into a large mass grave and build some Tomb of the Unknown type memorial at the site. I get they paid the greatest price and they were bothers in arms but dignified and orderly burials and funeral seems like a huge waste of time, resources and men during something massive like Operation Overlord or Operation Barbarossa.

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