Hitler's dissatisfaction with the failure of the Hungarian operation and the hasty return to Austria was enormous. 6 SS Armored Division made a retreat contrary to Hitler's orders to even continue the offensive. The defeat of the Waffen-SS armored divisions, which were considered elite units, caused an explosion of anger on Hitler, who commanded the soldiers from all divisions of the two corps: "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler", "Das Reich", "Hohenstaufen" and "Hitlerjugend" Names of these units from their own uniforms. All promotions have also been canceled. SS units refused to execute this command. Josef Dietrich was to say the following: "This is a thank you for what we have done for the last five years." With such an appreciation of their efforts, the soldiers and officers failed to do so.

"General,
Your people are fighting great, despite the hopeless situation, the morale is high, and the soldiers are fighting sacrificially. Now they are no longer doing this for the Fhrer, now they are fighting for their companions. After heavy lulls we will try to stop the Russians in the vicinity of Vienna.

Operational tasks:
"We need time to withdraw as many of our soldiers and fleeing civilians to the left bank of the Danube, so we have to keep the bridge on the river for as long as possible." The last line of defense is chic around the old city. Soviet armored forces reached the city from the east, south and south-west.

Generaloberst Lothar Rendulic "
