Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 31 ga Maris, 1945, bayan da aka 'yantar da sansanin POW amma kafin wani sufuri ko sojojin Allied suka isa, Thiele da wani matukin jirgi na Kanada sun sace kekuna sannan kuma babur, kuma ya koma sansaninsa makonni biyar kafin a kai hari.
karshen yakin a Turai. A watan Mayu 1945, an ba Thiele lambar yabo ta biyu ga DFC don nuna "mafi girman halayen fasaha, tare da babban ƙarfin zuciya da ƙudurin ƙarfe. Misalinsa ya ƙarfafa mu duka". Thiele ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa a ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1946.