Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Wietersheim akagadzwa kuva mutungamiri werimwe boka revarwi ve1st Panzer-Division musi wa20 Chikunguru 1941, kwaakatora chikamu mukupinda muSoviet Union, Operation Barbarossa. 1st Panzer Division yakanga iri pasi pePanzer Group 4 pasi pemutungamiri weGeneral Erich Hoepner anoshanda kuchamhembe kweEastern Front. Mukupera kwa 1944, Wietersheim akanga ari kumaodzanyemba kweFrance, achiraira 11th Panzer Division sezvo yakatarisana neAllied amphibious
kumhara pedyo neToulon neNice. Wietersheim akazvipa kuUS 90th Infantry Division muna May 1945, muCzechoslovakia pedyo nomuganhu neBavaria.