Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wiktorin akanga achidisa pamusoro pokubatanidzwa kweAustria. Pashure pokubatanidzwa, akadanwazve kubasa uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant-general wehondo. Muna July 1938, akatungamirira 20th Infantry Division. Wiktorin akatungamira 20th mukupinda muPoland uye akapinda muGerman-Soviet parade yechiuto muBrest-Litovsk
naHeinz Guderian. Muna May 1940, 20th Infantry Division yakabatanidzwa mukupinda muFrance.