Eli5:After a battle, how they do to get rid of the dead people ?

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Eli5:After a battle, how they do to get rid of the dead people ?

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Answer 1

If it was before the Napoleonic era, the winner would go through the battlefield, burn their dead and take the expensive metal and weapons to be re-used or melted down.

After the Napoleonic war era, the dead are left on the field unless it’s a general or an officer.