Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan Ardennes na kai farmaki, an tura rundunar sojojin SS ta 6 zuwa Hungary, inda ta yi yaƙi da sojojin Soviet da ke ci gaba. I SS Panzer Corps ya isa Hungary a farkon Fabrairu 1945. A can, Priess ya yi amfani da dakarunsa a cikin Operation Southwind a kan Hron Bridgehead, wani matsayi mai karfi da Soviets suka kafa a kan Danube kusa da garin Esztergom, ya hallaka gadar a ƙarshen Fabrairu. Daga nan sai ya umurci I SS Panzer Corps a cikin Operation Spring Awakening
, babban hari na karshe na Jamus na yakin duniya na biyu. Harin, wanda aka mayar da hankali a yankin Lake Balaton, ya fara ne a ranar 6 ga Maris 1945 kuma ya ƙare tare da shan kashi na Jamus a ranar 16 ga Maris 1945.