German POWs are brought back by the soldiers of the 70th Infantry Division to the commune of Behren-lès-Forbach, in north-eastern France; 17 February, 1945. 


No intention to escape


A wounded German POW emerges from a damaged underground machinegun nest under the watchful gaze of an American MP from the 449th Military Police Company, 1st Engineer Special Brigade.
 Normandy, France. June 10, 1944.

The 449th landed on Utah Beach in the morning of June 6, 1944 and immediately got to work directing men, equipment and vehicles off the beach. They also took part in enemy prisoner of war operations, guarding German POWs and supervising the removal of prisoners to England.
taken from fb/WW2 Through their eyes

Aftermath

Soldiers of the 41st Infantry Division pose with captured Japanese flags on the island of New Guinea, south-west Pacific Ocean, north of Australia.