Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An nada Maitla Hauptsturmführer kuma a watan Afrilu na 1944 ya zama kwamandan Battalion na 1 na 45th Regiment na sabon da aka kafa na 20th Waffen Grenadier Division na SS (1st Estonian). A wannan shekarar, Maitla tare da batalayinsa sun yi nasarar dakatar da hare-haren Red Army a Auvere kuma sun sami Iron Cross I class. A ranar 29 ga Yuli, shi da rundunarsa sun jagoranci wani hari a kan
Yaƙin Layin Tannenberg wanda aka ba shi Knights Cross a ranar 23 ga Agusta.