Oflag VIII-F

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Oflag VIII-F was a World War II German POW camps for officers located in Wahlstatt, now Legnickie Pole in Silesia (Poland) and Mährisch-Trübau, now Moravská Třebová in north-central Czech Republic.

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The first camp in Wahlstatt was opened in July 1940 to house French and Belgian officers taken prisoner during the Battle of France. It was located in a Benedictine Abbey that was a school since the mid-19th century. It was closed in June 1943^[1] and the prisoners transferred to the following camp.

The second camp in Mährisch-Trübau was opened in July 1942 and closed in July 1944. It accommodated British Commonwealth officers taken prisoner by the Germans in the Greek islands after the capitulation of Italy. Others were captured during the Western Desert Campaign in North Africa in 1942. Originally held in Italian PoW camps, they were transferred by the Germans after Italy's capitulation.

In July 1944, most of the prisoners were transferred to Oflag 79 near Braunschweig. 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