camp were assigned to cut ice blocks from the River Vistula. The ice would then be transported by truck to the local beer houses. The 1944 Warsaw Uprising was planned with the expectation that the Soviet forces, who had arrived in the course of their offensive and were waiting on the other side of the Vistula River in full force, would help in the battle for Warsaw. However, the Soviets let down the Poles, stopping their advance at the Vistula and branding the insurgents as criminals in radio broadcasts. In early 1945, in the Vistula–Oder Offensive, the Red Army crossed the Vistula and drove the German Wehrmacht back past the Oder river in Germany. See also Rivers of Poland Geography of Poland Vistula Lagoon Vistula Spit References External links History of floods on the River Vistula History of floods on the River Vistula (Hydrological Sciences Journal) Rivers of Poland Waterways in Poland Cieszyn Silesia Rivers of Silesian Voivodeship Rivers of Lesser Poland Voivodeship Rivers of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Rivers of Masovian Voivodeship Rivers of Podkarpackie Voivodeship Rivers of Lublin Voivodeship Rivers of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Rivers of Pomeranian Voivodeship