Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Fabrairu, Soviets sun shiga Silesia da Pomerania, yayin da abokan Yammacin Turai suka shiga yammacin Jamus kuma suka rufe kogin Rhine. A watan Maris, Allies na Yammacin Turai sun haye Rhine a arewa da kudu na Ruhr, suna kewaye da rukunin sojojin Jamus B. A farkon Maris, a kokarin kare ragowar ajiyar mai a Hungary da kuma sake dawo da Budapest, Jamus ta kaddamar da babbar babbar hare-haren ta na karshe
a kan sojojin Soviet a kusa da Lake Balaton. A cikin makonni biyu, an kori hare-haren, Soviets sun ci gaba zuwa Vienna, kuma sun kama birnin. A farkon watan Afrilu, sojojin Soviet sun kama Königsberg, yayin da abokan Yammacin Turai suka ci gaba a Italiya kuma suka mamaye yammacin Jamus suna kama Hamburg da Nuremberg. Sojojin Amurka da na Soviet sun hadu a kogin Elbe a ranar 25 ga Afrilu, suna barin aljihunan da ba a mallaka ba a kudancin Jamus da kewayen Berlin.