Two photographs showing French POWs along with captured colonial troops being escorted along a road to the rear. Although their German captors treated most French soldiers humanely, colonial troops were not so lucky. When colonial soldiers surrendered they were often humiliated or beaten by German soldiers for having put up a fanatical resistance. However, the SS-Totenkopf (Death Head) frequently took no prisoners: North African troops they preferred to round up and have summarily shot on the spot.