Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An nada Maitla Hauptsturmführer kuma a watan Afrilu na 1944 ya zama kwamandan Bataliya ta 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 yakin Tannenberg Line.
wanda aka ba shi lambar yabo ta Knights Cross a ranar 23 ga Agusta.