The book examines the fighting of the 65th Army in 1942-1945 related to the crossing of water barriers. The book offered to the reader is the completion of a lot of work done by veteran officers of the 65th Army but summarizing the experience of forcing rivers of the ¬ Army during the Great Patriotic War. It should be emphasized that even during the hostilities, headquarters officers studied in detail the lessons of forcing each river, deeply analyzed them and submitted them to the front headquarters in the form of conclusions, reports and reports.