Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa mumhuri yePrussian yemhuri ine nhoroondo refu yebasa remauto, Choltitz akabatana neuto achiri muduku uye akaona basa kuWestern Front munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yokutanga (1914<unk>1918). Akasimuka kusvika pachinzvimbo che "Lieutenant" pakupera kwehondo uye akashanda munguva yepakati pehondo achibatsira Germany kuvakazve mauto ayo. Muna September 1939, panguva yekupinda kwePoland pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, akanga achishumira muGerd von Rundstedt's Army Group South. Muna May 1940, Choltitz akapinda muHondo yeRotterdam
, vachiita kumhara nendege ndokutora mamwe emabhiriji anokosha eguta racho.