Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokunge kurwisa kweArdennes kwakundikana, mukufungidzira kwaHitler, minda yamafuta yeNagykanizsa kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweLake Balaton yakanga iri migove inokosha zvikurusa munhau yechiuto paEastern Front. Mapoka eSS akabviswa ndokuiswazve muGermany mukugadzirira
Operation Spring Awakening ("Frühlingserwachsen"). Hitler akarayira 6th SS Panzer Army yaDietrich kuti itungamirire uye iende kuHungary kuitira kuti ichengetedze minda yemafuta nemafekitari ikoko. The 6th SS Panzer Army yakanga yakaumbwa I SS Panzer Corps (1 SS "Leibstandarte" uye 12 SS "Hitlerjugend") uye II SS Panzer Corps (2 SS "Das Reich" uye 10 SS "Frundsberg"). Zvakare zvaivapo asi zvisiri chikamu che6th SS Panzer Army yaive IV SS Panzer Corps (3 SS "Totenkopf" uye 5 SS "Wiking").