Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yuli 1944, ya umurci garuruwan Vilnius a cikin Vilnius offensive
kuma ya iya jinkirta kama wannan birni da Red Army. Don kokarinsa, a ranar 28 ga Yuli, 1944, an ba shi kyautar Swords to the Knight's Cross kuma an daukaka shi zuwa mukamin Laftanar Janar.