Speaking of the western situation, the Allied armies have closed up to the Rhine around the Ruhr, and are eliminating the last German positions on the west bank. From the news articles, the disintegration of the German formations shown on the map is apparent. In the bunker, I'm sure Hitler sees these as units capable of full resistance. Instead, they are really just blue numbers on his map.
Farther south, Patton is clearing his sector of the west bank of the Rhine. The German units here are not as bad off as the ones in the north, but that's only because Patton hasn't attacked all of them yet. The Germans are pretty much finished.
In the East, Zhukov's forces are clearing the east bank of the Oder in front of Stettin (the ancestral henkster family home, by the way).
To the east, the wings of Zhukov's 1st Belorussian and Rokossovsky's 2nd Belorussian Fronts have trapped the German forces in central Pomerania. The southern units seen in the pocket are pretty much finished. Von Tettau isn't. Not yet. However, it was only two weeks ago the Germans tried their abortive Stargard operation. In that time, Zhukov shifted his forces north and have pretty much cleared the area. That's what two tank armies will do.
Farther east, the left wing of Rokossovsky's Front continues to clear it's sector west of Danzig and is getting close to the Baltic. The German flank to the right of 4th SS Polizei Division appears to be wide open, and the Soviet 19th Army is exploiting it.
To the south of Danzig, Rokossovsky's forces continue their slow broad front advance. Why is Rokossovsky so slow in his advance while Zhukov's forces go where they please? The answer is tanks. Zhukov has two full veteran Guards Tank Armies in his Order of Battle, as well as a few independent Guards Tank Corps. Rokossovsky, by comparison, is relatively poor in armor. His units are mostly foot infantry, and so it's a slow slogging advance. In addition, because he doesn't have the armor to tear into the German defenses, the Germans are able to maintain something of a cohesive front. However, the Germans are still being ground down.
