 Kutevera uku kukundikana kwechikamu, mauto makuru eGermany akasara mumunda kunze kweavo vakabviswa pazvitsuwa uye nhare-ngarava akaumbwa neArmy Group Ostmark yakatarisana nemauto eSoviet kumabvazuva kweAustria nekumadokero kweBohemia; Army Group E yakatarisana neYugoslavmauto muCroatia; zvisaririra zveArmy Group Vistula zvakatarisana nemauto eSoviet muMecklenburg; uye Army Group Center yakatarisana nemauto eSoviet kumabvazuva kweBohemia neMoravia. Kubva musi wa5 Chivabvu, Army Group Center yaivewo yakabatanidzwa mukudzvinyirira kwechisimba kwePrague kumuka. Hondo yekugara yevarwi veGerman vakashongedzerwa zvakanaka vanosvika mazana mana ezviuru vakaramba vari muNorway, pasi pekutungamira kwaGeneral Franz Böhme, uyo akafonerwa negurukota reGerman muSweden mangwanani e6 Chivabvu, kuti aone kana imwezve kukundikana kukundikana kugadziriswa kwemauto ake neSweden isina kwayakarerekera ichishanda semurevereri, asi aisada kutevedzera chero chinhu kunze kwekuraira kwese kwekuregedza kubva kuGerman High Command. Kuzvipira kumadokero kwakanga kwabudirira mukumisa rwisano pakati pevabatsiri vokuMadokero nemauto eGermany munenge pamativi ose. Panguva imwecheteyo, zvisinei, mirairo yekushambadzira yehurumende yaDönitz yakaramba ichipikisa chero zviito zvekuzvipira kweGerman kumauto eSoviet muCurland, Bohemia neMecklenburg; zvirokwazvo kuyedza kudzora nhaurirano dzekuzvipira dziri kuenderera mberi muBerlin neBreslau. Mauto eGermany aiva kumabvazuva akarayirwa panzvimbo pezvo kuti arwe achipinda kumadokero. Achiziva kuti, kana izvi zvaizoenderera mberi, Soviet Command yaizofungidzira kuti vavakidzani vekuMadokero vaida runyararo rwakaparadzana sezvazvakanga zviri chaizvo chinangwa chaDönitz, Eisenhower akafunga kuti hapana kumwe kuzvitsaurira kwakasarudzika kwaizobvumiranwa kuMadokero; asi panzvimbo pezvo akaraira hurumende yaDönitz kuti itumire vamiririri kuSupreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force SHAEF dzimbahwe muReims, kuti vabvumirane mazwi ekuzvipira kwese kwemauto ese eGerman panguva imwe chete kune vese maAllied masimba, kusanganisira maSoviet. 