Soviet army anti-aircraft gunner Tatiana Shmorgunova with her comrades of the 1st Belarussian front wait for orders to cross the river Oder following the Soviet's successful victory at the Vistula-Oder offensive. They are near Küstrin, Neumark, Province of Brandenburg, Germany (now, Kostrzyn nad Odra, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland). Author of the pic- E.Chaldeja. The battle took place between 12 January 1945 and 2 February 1945. The offensive took Soviet forces from their start lines on the river Vistula amost 480km to the Oder river, located just 70 km. from the Berlin. By early march, the 1st Belarussian front was crossing the Lusatian Neisse and Oder rivers, securing bridgeheads before driving towards the German capital of Berlin.