Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Afrilu na 1943, an sanya shi a matsayin kwamandan sabuwar kungiyar III SS Panzer Corps. Rukunin ya shiga cikin ayyukan adawa da bangarori a Yugoslavia. A watan Nuwamba / Disamba 1943 an tura rundunarsa zuwa Gabashin Gabas kuma an sanya shi a yankin arewacin Leningrad a karkashin Army Group North. Rundunar Panzer ta Steiner ta taka rawar gani a lokacin yakin Narva da yakin Tannenberg Line
Ka yi haƙuri. Sa'an nan kuma ya janye tare da sauran rundunar sojojin Arewa zuwa yankin Kurland.