<page_title> German prisoners of war in northwest Europe </page_title> <section_title> Western Allies' figures </section_title> <table> <cell> September <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> 344,000 <col_header> German POWs taken in northwest Europe by month </col_header> </cell> </table>
344,000 German soldiers surrendered to the Western Allies in September.