Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te whakaeke-a-roto (ko te ingoa waehere Operation Solstice) na te roopu ope hou a Vistula, i raro i te whakahau a "Reichsführer-SS" Heinrich Himmler, i rahua i te 24 o Hui-tanguru, a ka haere te ope Whero ki Pomerania ka horoi i te taha matau o te awa Oder. I te tonga, ko nga ngana a Tiamana, i roto i te Mahi Konrad, ki te whakaora i te hoia kua karapotia i Budapest i rahua, a ka hinga te taone i te 13 o Hui-tanguru. I te 6 o Poutu-te-rangi, ka whakarewahia e nga Tiamana te mea ka waiho hei whakaeke nui whakamutunga mo te pakanga,
Operation Spring Awakening, i hinga i te 16 o Maehe. I te 30 o Poutu-te-rangi ka uru te ope Whero ki Austria ka mau ki Vienna i te 13 o Paenga-whawha.