>"So I've been wondering what they do with all those bodies. Do they get buried? In a common grave or separately? Do they get cremated? "
I was wondering about this also. This is what I found:
(Article 17 of the First Geneva Convention deals specifically with the burial of the battlefield dead.
Cremation of enemy dead is not allowed, except to avoid contagious disease.
(IE biological - germ warfare)
"The bodies are to be examined, preferably by a person with medical skills, so as to confirm death. Burial is to be, where possible, in individual graves. The idea is that individual graves would be more consistent with the general requirement that the dead be respected, and also that individual burial would make subsequent exhumation easier. The requirement, however, is not absolute. Climate, sanitation, and hygiene may make mass burial the only proper action."
Interesting, thanks.
I notice there's no prohibition about mixing in swine carcasses, or at least smearing the bodies with pig fat....