On January 24, 1945, on the Eastern Front of World War II in Belarus, the Soviet Army's 10th Tank Corps invaded the German city of Mühlhausen in Operation Murawa Elbing. Along the road, the bodies of German soldiers and residents were scattered.

　　On January 24, 1945, on the Eastern Front of World War II in Belarus, the Soviet Army's 10th Tank Corps invaded the German city of Mühlhausen (now the Polish city of Mlynari) in Operation Mlawa-Elbing. Along the road, the bodies of German soldiers and residents were scattered. The city of Mühlhausen was liberated from Nazi German control. Soviet troops reached a wide front south of the Oder River and Frankfurt am Oder in Söden on January 31, less than 80 kilometers from the Soviet positions to the capital Berlin.

　　 In August 1944, the Germans had no difficulty holding off the Soviets on the Viswa front. In January 1945, the Soviet Red Army went on the offensive again, assembling powerful mechanized units and large artillery and air units. From January 12 to February 3 in Operation Viswa-Odel, the Soviet forces went on the offensive, invading until on the first day of February they reached the Oder Line, some 80 kilometers from the capital Berlin. The Soviet forces made a very rapid winter invasion: in Operation Viswa-Oder from January 12 to February 3, the Soviet forces lost approximately 43,476 dead or missing and 150,000 wounded, while the German forces lost approximately 300,000 more dead, wounded, and prisoners of war. In the months that followed, Soviet forces engaged in combat to collapse isolated German groups in East Prussia and Pomerania just prior to launching the final offensive against the capital, Berlin. After the initial collapse and heavy losses, the Germans organized a defensive position on the Oder River defending Berlin, the capital of the German Empire, to prolong the resistance of the besieged German forces.

　The final stages of World War II became increasingly disastrous, and the Germans began their retreat at great cost. Soviet forces invaded East Prussian territory, and on January 23, 1945, transports of refugees, soldiers, and wounded began to leave the ports of East Prussia and the Bay of Danzig. By the end of the war, some 2 million people had been displaced, and about 14,000 refugees died during the sea transport.On March 4, 1945, Russian troops occupied Czernin. Many residents fled. On the outskirts of the village, a camp was built by the Russians to house prisoners of war, who were later deported to Russia. Rape, abuse, murder, and looting occurred everywhere. Under a simultaneous bombardment by a group of Soviet tanks and machine guns, Kolberg was surrounded on March 4 and fell on March 18.