Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Budapest yakawa pana 13 February. Hitler akarayira 6th Panzer Army yaDietrich kuti ipinde muHungary kuti ichengetedze minda yemafuta yeNagykanizsa nemaresitorendi, ayo aiona seakachengetedzwa mafuta anokosha zvikuru kumabvazuva. "Frühlingserwachsen" (Operation Spring Awakening)
), kurwisa kwokupedzisira kweGermany kumabvazuva, kwakaitika mukuvamba kwaMarch. Mauto eGermany akarwisa pedyo neLake Balaton, ne6th Panzer Army ichifambira kuchamhembe yakananga kuBudapest uye 2nd Panzer Army ichifamba kumabvazuva nekumaodzanyemba. Mauto aDietrich pakutanga akafambira mberi zvakanaka, asi pavakanga vava kusvika pedyo neDanube, nzvimbo ine madhaka uye kurwisa kwakasimba kweSoviet kwakavamisa. Pakazosvika 16 March hondo yacho yakanga yarasika. Atsamwiswa nokukundwa kwacho, Hitler akarayira mapoka eWaffen-SS aibatanidzwa kuti abvise mazita avo omuzasi sechiratidzo chokunyadziswa. Dietrich akaramba kuita zvaakanga arayirwa.