Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Budapest ya fadi a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu. Hitler ya umarci Dietrich ta 6th Panzer Army don matsawa cikin Hungary don kare Nagykanizsa oilfields da refineries, wanda ya yi la'akari da mafi dabarun muhimmanci man fetur reserves a Gabas Front. "Frühlingserwachsen" (Aikin Farkawar bazara)
), na karshe na Jamus a gabas, ya faru a farkon Maris. Sojojin Jamus sun kai hari kusa da Lake Balaton, tare da Rundunar Sojojin Panzer ta 6 da ke arewa zuwa Budapest da kuma Rundunar Sojojin Panzer ta 2 da ke gabashin gabas da kudu. Sojojin Dietrich da farko sun sami ci gaba sosai, amma yayin da suka kusanci Danube, haɗuwa da ƙasa mai laka da tsayayyar Soviet mai ƙarfi ya kawo su. A ranar 16 ga Maris an yi nasarar yaƙin. Fushi da wannan rashin nasara, Hitler ya umarci rukunin Waffen-SS da ke ciki su cire lakabin su a matsayin alamar wulakanci. Dietrich ya ƙi ya bi umurnin.