And the Germans were surrendering whole divisions at a time to the allies as fast as they could to get away from the Russians. Himmler, head of the SS and many senior SS thought that America and the rest of the allies would team up with Germany and fight the Russians. That’s how deluded they were.
The funniest story was when Goering turned himself in to the Americans, he really thought the Americans were going to ask him to help with the governing of Post-War Germany.