High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Battle of Bautzen (or Battle of Budziszyn, April 1945) was one of the last battles of the Eastern Front in World War II. It was fought on the extreme southern flank of the Spremberg–Torgau Offensive, seeing days of pitched street fighting between forces of the 2nd Polish Army and elements of the Soviet`s 52nd Army and 5th Guards Army on one side and the elements of German Army Group Center in the form of the remnants of the 4th Panzer and 17th Armies on the other.