Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekurwiswa kweArdennes, 6th SS Panzer Army yakaendeswa kuHungary, kwayakarwa neSoviet Army yaienderera mberi. I SS Panzer Corps yakasvika muHungary mukuvamba kwaFebruary 1945. Ikoko, Priess akaisa mauto ake muOperation Southwind kurwisa Hron Bridgehead, nzvimbo yakasimba yakaumbwa nemaSoviet pamusoro peDanube pedyo neguta reEsztergom, ichiparadza bridgehead pakupera kwaFebruary. Akabva atungamirira I SS Panzer Corps muOperation Spring Awakening
, kurwisa kukuru kwokupedzisira kweGermany kweHondo Yenyika II. Kurwiswa kwacho, kwakanga kwakanangana nenharaunda yeLake Balaton, kwakatanga musi wa6 March 1945 uye kwakaguma nokukundwa kweGermany musi wa16 March 1945.