by october 1939, poland was defeated, and work on the berlinka resumed. the labor pool was increasingly composed of conscript workers from poland. the bäderstraße (near rzęśnica and the wielgowo) — stargard-massow (near łęczyca) segment was built subsequently. construction stopped in 1942 as military priorities once again took over available labor. in 1945, german forces, retreating along the eastern front, blew up most of the bridges to slow the soviet advance.