Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Budapest dara na 13 February. Hitler nyere iwu ka ndị agha nke isii nke Dietrich banye na Hungary iji chebe ebe mmanụ na ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ nke Nagykanizsa, nke o lere anya dị ka ihe nchekwa mmanụ dị oke ọnụ ahịa na Eastern Front. "Frühlingserwachsen" (
Operation Spring Awakening), mwakpo ikpeazụ nke ndị Germany na ọwụwa anyanwụ, mere na mbido Machị. Ndị agha German wakporo nso ọdọ mmiri Balaton, na ndị agha nke isii nke Panzer na-aga n'ihu n'ebe ugwu na Budapest na ndị agha nke abụọ nke Panzer na-aga n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ na ndịda. Ndị agha Dietrich nwere ọganihu dị mma na mbụ, ma ka ha na-eru nso Danube, ngwakọta nke ala apịtị na nguzogide siri ike nke ndị Soviet mere ka ha kwụsị. Ka ọ na-erule March 16, e meriela agha ahụ. N'ịbụ onye e meriri n'agha ahụ were iwe, Hitler nyere ndị agha Waffen-SS ahụ e meriri n'agha ahụ iwu ka ha yipụ ihe ndị e ji mara ha dị ka ihe na-egosi na a kparịrị ha. Dietrich jụrụ imezu iwu ahụ.