Kurwisa kwakaganhurirwa (kwakanyorwa zita rekuti Operation Solstice) neBoka reMauto Vistula rakanga richangobva kuumbwa, pasi pekutungamira kwa "Reichsführer-SS" Heinrich Himmler, kwakanga kwakatadza musi wa24 Kukadzi, uye Red Army yakaenderera kuPomerania ndokubvisa rwizi rworudyi rweRwizi Oder. Kumaodzanyemba, kuedza kweGermany, muOperation Konrad, kubvisa varwi vakanga vakombwa muBudapest kwakakundikana uye guta rakawa musi wa13 February. Musi waMarch 6, vaGermany vakatanga zvaizova kurwisa kwavo kukuru kwokupedzisira kwehondo, Operation Spring Awakening
, iyo yakakundikana na16 March. Musi wa30 March Mauto Matsvuku akapinda muAustria ndokutora Vienna musi wa13 April.