 Complete the following phrase:  Thiele received the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross for his command of Lützow and his leadership of Kampfgruppe V 5th battle group during the occupation of Oslo. Thiele had taken command of the battle group after the sinking of Blücher. He was appointed commander of the Kampfgruppe II 2nd battle group in the Baltic Sea on 28 July 1944 and commander of Kampfgruppe Thiele on 23 March 1945. With the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, Admiral Hipper, Admiral Scheer and Lützow, and the ships of the line and and the light cruisers Emden, Köln, Leipzig and Nürnberg he participated from sea in the land battles for 