 Tactical commanders hastily enclosed huge open fields with barbed wire creating makeshift prisoner of war camps, where the inmates awaited the end of the war and their chance to return home.Also looking forward to going home, tens of thousands of freed forced laborers and Allied prisoners of war further strained the American logistical system.Meanwhile, the remaining Allied forces north, south, and east of the Ruhr had been adjusting their lines in preparation for the final advance through Germany.