This operation, called "Fruhlingserwachen" ("Spring Awakening"), was the last offensive of the Wehrmacht. This counterattack was supposed to stop the Red Army and turn the tide of the war. Victory in this battle gave the Third Reich a chance to avoid a final catastrophe. In March 1945, the best tank forces of Germany were concentrated in the area of ​ ​ Lake Balaton - the divisions Leibstandart Adolf Hitler, Reich, Dead Head, Viking, etc., which were part of the 6th SS Panzer Army under the command of the legendary Sepp Dietrich. Armed with the latest armored vehicles (up to 900 tanks and self-propelled guns in total), equipped with convinced Nazis, fanatically loyal to the Führer and retaining faith in victory, these formations were the real elite of Panzerwaffe, Hitler's last hope.