 200 @,@ 000 Belgian military prisoners of war , who had been captured in 1940 , were also transported to Germany . Most were used as forced labour and paid only a nominal sum . About 80 @,@ 000 ( mainly Flemish ) prisoners were returned to Belgium between late 1940 and 1941 , but many remained in captivity until the end of the war . They were often kept in very poor conditions and around 2 @,@ 000 died . 
