An sake sake shi a matsayin 3rd Panzergrenadier Division a watan Maris, yana shan kashi na 386th Motorized Division a cikin tsari. Daga nan sai ya yi yaƙi a gaban Italiya har zuwa lokacin rani na 1944, lokacin da aka tura shi zuwa Yammacin Yamma don taimakawa wajen sake kafa layin gaba bayan da Allied
tserewa daga bakin tekun Normandy. Daga baya a cikin shekarar, ya shiga cikin Yaƙin Bulge sannan kuma a cikin ayyukan tsaro a Remagen, a ƙarshe ya mika wuya a cikin Ruhr Pocket a watan Afrilu na 1945, jim kaɗan kafin Ranar Nasara a Turai.