Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An iyakance counter-hare (mai suna Operation Solstice) da sabuwar kafa Army Group Vistula, a karkashin umurnin "Reichsführer-SS" Heinrich Himmler, ya kasa da 24 Fabrairu, da kuma Red Army ya kori zuwa Pomerania da kuma share dama banki na Kogin Oder. A kudanci, ƙoƙarin Jamus, a cikin Operation Konrad, don sauƙaƙe garuruwan da aka kewaye a Budapest sun kasa kuma birnin ya faɗi a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu. A ranar 6 ga watan Maris, Jamus ta kaddamar da abin da zai zama babban hari na karshe na yakin, Operation Spring Awakening
, wanda ya gaza a ranar 16 ga Maris. A ranar 30 ga Maris Sojojin Red sun shiga Austria kuma sun kama Vienna a ranar 13 ga Afrilu.