The D-Day invasion wasn’t all about the winners. It was also about the losers.

We’ve seen the preparations for the Invasion of France. We’ve seen the wonderful photos of the Allied forces storming the Normandy beaches. We’ve seen the brave reporters who risked life and limb to record the fighting.

But what about the Germans? Well, they weren’t all Germans. In this collection of photos of the aftermath, we see Japanese, Poles, Czechs, Russians and Mongols wearing the Nazis colours. Some had been enslaved. Forced to fight. Others were collaborators, who wilfully fought for the Nazis. After the invasion, all were prisoners. Or dead.

These photos are, of course, the ones the men from the Associated Press were allowed to send back for publication. Blood and gore are in short supply. Retribution is absent. But let’s not dwell on what we don’t see. We should look at what we can see.

Every face tells a story.