Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Mgbaghara a kpaara ókè (aha nzuzo bụ Operation Solstice) nke ndị agha Army Group Vistula mepụtara ọhụrụ, n'okpuru iwu nke "Reichsführer-SS" Heinrich Himmler, dara site na 24 February, ndị agha Red wee gaa Pomerania ma kpochapụ aka nri nke Osimiri Oder. N'ebe ndịda, mgbalị ndị Germany, na Operation Konrad, iji belata ndị agha gbara gburugburu na Budapest dara ma obodo ahụ dara na 13 February. Na March 6, ndị Germany malitere ihe ga-abụ nnukwu mwakpo ikpeazụ ha n'agha ahụ, Operation Spring Awakening
, nke dara site na 16 March. Na March 30 ndị Red Army banyere Austria ma weghara Vienna na April 13.