Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Chikunguru 1944, akatungamira varwi veVilnius mukurwisa kweVilnius
uye akakwanisa kunonotsa kubatwa kweguta iroro neRed Army. Nokuda kwezvaakaita, musi wa 28 Chikunguru 1944, akapiwa Swords to the Knight's Cross uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant general.