Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Maitla ka a họpụtara Hauptsturmführer na Eprel 1944 ọ bụ onye isi nke 1st Battalion nke 45th Regiment nke ọhụrụ e guzobere 20th Waffen Grenadier Division nke SS (1st Estonian). N'otu afọ ahụ, Maitla na ndị agha ya nwere ihe ịga nke ọma n'ịkwụsị mwakpo ndị agha Red Army na Auvere wee nata Iron Cross I klas. N'abalị iri abụọ na itoolu nke ọnwa Julaị, ya na ndị agha ya duziri ọgụ na agha nke Tannenberg Line.
nke e nyere ya ihe nrite nke Knights Cross na 23 August.