Oflag 79

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Oflag 79 was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers located at Waggum, near Braunschweig

It was located in a three story brick building that had previously been the home of a German parachute regiment, near the Herman Goering aircraft engine factory.^[1]

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December 1943 the camp was established for officers transferred from camps in Italy, mainly British Commonwealth officers from the Battle of Crete and North African Campaign,
July 1944 prisoners arrived who were transferred from Oflag VIII-F.
In early 1945 the camp was strafed by American and British planes and there were some casualties.
12 April 1945 the camp was liberated by the U.S. Ninth Army