 However, unbeknown to Skorzeny, the Red Army reinforcements were those belonging to the 61st Army and the 1st Polish Army of the 1st Belorussian Front's northern flank.They had orders to bypass Schwedt and attack in the direction of Eberswalde.They also masked the movement of the 2nd Belorussian Front's 49th Army which would attack north of Schwedt.