Wietersheim waxaa loo magacaabay taliyaha guutada qoryaha ee qeybta 1aad ee Panzer-ka 20-kii Luulyo 1941, kaas oo uu ka qeyb qaatay duulaankii Midowga Soofiyeeti, Howlgalkii Barbarossa. Qeybta 1aad ee Panzer waxay hoos imaan jirtay Panzer Group 4 oo hoos imaan jirtay General Erich Hoepner oo ka hawlgala qaybta waqooyi ee Bariga hore. dabayaaqadii 1944, Wietersheim waxa uu ku sugnaa koonfurta Faransiiska, isagoo hogaaminayay qeybta 11aad ee Panzer Division, xili ay wajahday ciidamada Allied amphibious
soo degista meel u dhow Toulon iyo Nice. Wietersheim wuxuu isu dhiibay qeybta ciidamada Mareykanka ee 90aad bishii May 1945, Czechoslovakia meel u dhow xadka Bavaria.