Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I uru te wehenga ki te whakaekenga o Poland i te 1939 hei waahanga o te Army Group South, engari i tukuna ki te whare hoia o te Taiepa ki te Hauauru i mua o te mutunga o te kaupapa. I te tau 1940 i uru atu ia ki te whakaekenga o Norway, ko te mea rongonui ko te tuku i tana 139th Mountain Regiment i raro i a General Eduard Dietl ki te hopu i te tauranga Arctic kore o Narvik. I āhei ngā Hoia ki te whakahoki mai i te taone mō te wā poto
, engari i whakarerea ki nga Tiamana i muri i te whakaekenga o Parani.