Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na February, ndị Soviet banyere Silesia na Pomerania, ebe ndị Western Allies banyere n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ Germany ma mechie osimiri Rhine. Ka ọ na-erule ọnwa Machị, ndị Western Allies gafere osimiri Rhine n'ebe ugwu na n'ebe ndịda nke Ruhr, na-agbakọta ndị agha German B. Ná mbido ọnwa Machị, ná mgbalị iji chebe mmanụ ikpeazụ ha nwere na Hungary na iweghachite Budapest, Germany malitere mwakpo ikpeazụ ya
megide ndị agha Soviet dị nso n'Ọdọ Mmiri Balaton. N'ime izu abụọ, e meriri mwakpo ahụ, ndị Soviet gbagotere Vienna, ma weghara obodo ahụ. Na mbido Eprel, ndị agha Soviet weghaara Königsberg, ebe ndị Western Allies mesịrị gaa n'ihu n'Ịtali ma kpochapụ n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ Germany na-ejide Hamburg na Nuremberg. Ndị agha America na ndị agha Soviet zutere n'osimiri Elbe na 25 Eprel, na-ahapụ ọtụtụ akpa na-enweghị ọrụ na ndịda Germany na gburugburu Berlin.