It seems due to the weather conditions all the troops did not even reach the starting points for the attack in time (!!!):
SS Hohenstaufen:
At the end of February the division reached Falubattyan in Hungary and was now poised to attack on 6th of March. Due however to the swampy roads the division could not reach its starting position for the attack in time
http://www.feldgrau.com/9ss.html
6th march 1945
On the Eastern Front... The German forces in Hungary launch a major counteroffensive in the area just north of Lake Balaton. The 6th SS Panzer Army, which was withdrawn from the Ardennes battle early in January, has been moved here to spearhead the attack. Other units from Army Group South (Wohler) also take part in the offensive. The operation is code named Fruhlingserwachen or Spring Awakening. The German aim is to retake all the territory between Lake Balaton and the Danube. The Soviet 27th Army, defending along the targeted line of advance, is forced to give ground initially. However, 3rd Ukrainian Front (Tolbukhin) responds with the allotment of reserves to slow the advance down.
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1945/mar45/06mar45.htm
7th march
On the Eastern Front... In Hungary, the German offensive by Army Group South continues and achieves more gains. To the north of Lake Balaton, attacks are by 6th SS Panzer Army while to the south of the lake, there are attacks by units of the German 2nd Panzer Army toward Kaposvar. Farther south, in occupied Yugoslavia, elements of German Army Group E (Lohr) attack northeast of the Drava River against allied forces of 3rd Ukrainian Front.
10th march 1945
On the Eastern Front... The German forces of Army Group South advancing around Lake Balaton encounter heavy resistance from Soviet air and ground forces of 3rd Ukrainian Front and make limited progress. German progress is also hindered by muddy conditions and a lack of fuel for the tanks and other vehicles.
13th march
On the Eastern Front... The German offensive to the north and south of Lake Balaton, in Hungary, begins to lose momentum.
14th march
Meanwhile, in Hungary, German Army Group South (Wohler) commits its remaining reserves to battle. The force is based on the 6th Panzer Division and consists of a mixed grouping of 200 tanks and assault guns which engage the Soviet 27th Army (Trofimenko).
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1945/mar45/14mar45.htm
16th march
On the Eastern Front... The Soviet forces in Hungary, of 3rd Ukrainian Front, have regrouped following the German attacks, of Army Group South, around Lake Balaton and begin an offensive against the northern flank of the recently won German salient. The Hungarian 3rd Army takes the brunt of the first assaults and is soon in great difficulty.
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1st SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler"
by Richard Murphy & Timo Worst
http://www.skalman.nu/third-reich/ss-1-aa.htm
by the time Frühlingserwachen, the main attack south-east of Budapest, was launched in early March the whole unit was again in action, again as part of Hansen’s Battle Group. The attack by I SS-Panzerkorps, passing down the west bank of the Sarviz Canal, progressed well, forcing the Russians to divert significant forces in an attempt to stop them, but, on the east bank, where II SS-Pzk. was operating, it was much slower, giving a major headache to the staff of 6th Panzerarmee as Prieß’s left flank became more and more exposed. Nevertheless, the battalion spent the period 12th-14th March supporting Hitler Jugend’s assault across the Sio Canal, but by the 15th, unaware that the Red Army was building up a considerable force to the north with the intention of cutting off the SS men’s spearhead from the base, the advance, despite achieving a small bridgehead, had stalled and Wawrczinek’s men went back the way they had come to join a Kampfgruppe from the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" which was fighting in the Kaloz area, approximately 20 Km. to the north. Later that same day the Soviet 4th and 9th Guards Armies supported by the 6th Guards Tank Army launched their counter-attack, aiming to cut Dietrich’s forces off. The whole Panzerarmee, facing an annihilation comparable to that suffered at Falaise six months before, was forced to pull back and the Aufklärungs Abteilung attempted to maintain some form contact between I SS-Pzk and both IV SS-Pzk. and I Kav. Korps operating to their right as they fell back through the Bakony Forest noth of Lake Balaton
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Dmitriy Loza
"Emcha" Commander
"Emchas", from M4 [in Russian, em chetyrye].
http://www.iremember.ru/tankers/loza/loza1.html
In the Lake Balaton area we broke into the German rear and it turned out that we fired up a German tank column, destroying 19 tanks, 11 of which were heavy tanks. Many wheeled vehicles. Altogether we counted 29 destroyed combat vehicles. We received 1000 rubles for each destroyed AFV
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And map for the operations as well:
http://www.onwar.com/maps/wwii/eastf...n-vienna45.htm
[ 13. February 2003, 02:25 PM: Message edited by: Kai-Petri ]