Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ti tun ṣe ati tun ṣe atunto ni Dnipro ati Zaporizhzhia ni ọdun 1943, o ti gbe lọ si Iwọ-oorun o si darí gbogbo awọn ọmọ ogun Jamani ni
Ogun ti Sicily labẹ Hube nibi ti o ti paṣẹ fun Ẹka Parachute 1st, 15th Panzergrenadier Division, 1st Paratroop Panzer Division "Hermann Göring" ati awọn eroja ti 29th Panzergrenadier Division. Hermann Balck ni o ṣe olori rẹ fun igba diẹ ni Oṣu Kẹsan ati Oṣu Kẹwa ọdun 1943, ṣaaju ki o to farapa pupọ ninu ijamba ọkọ ofurufu kan.