 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi wa16 December 1944, Germany yakaedza kokupedzisira kuWestern Front nokushandisa mazhinji ezvombo zvayo zvakasara kutanga kurwisa kukuru muArdennesuye pamwe chete nomuganhu weFrance neGermany kupatsanura vaWestern Allies, kukomberedza zvikamu zvikuru zvemauto eWestern Allied ndokutora chiteshi chavo chikuru chokugovera paAntwerp kukurudzira kugadzirisa kwezvematongerwe enyika. Pakazosvika January, kurwisa kwacho kwakanga kwadzoswa pasina zvinangwa zvine musoro zvainge zvazadziswa. MuItaly, maAllies okuMadokero akaramba akabatikana pamutsetse wokuzvidzivirira weGermany. Pakati paJanuary 1945, vaSoviet nevaPoland vakarwisa muPoland, vachipfuurira kubva kuVistula kusvika kurwizi rwaOder muGermany, ndokukunda East Prussia. Musi waFebruary 4, vatungamiriri veSoviet, veBritain, uye veUnited States vakasangana paMusangano weYalta. Ivo vakabvumirana pamusoro pokubatwa kweGermany yapashure pehondo, uye pamusoro pokuti Soviet Union yaizobatanidzwa rini muhondo mukurwisana neJapan. 