Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - A họpụtara Wietersheim onye isi nke ndị agha egbe nke 1st Panzer-Division na 20 Julaị 1941, nke ya na ya sonyere na mbuso agha nke Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa. Ngalaba Panzer nke 1 nọ n'okpuru Panzer Group 4 n'okpuru iwu nke General Erich Hoepner na-arụ ọrụ na mpaghara ugwu nke Eastern Front. Na ngwụcha afọ 1944, Wietersheim nọ na ndịda France, na-eduzi Ngalaba Panzer nke iri na otu ka ọ na-eche mwakpo ụgbọ mmiri amphibious nke ndị Allied na nso Toulon na Nice
Ọ dị mma. Wietersheim nyefere ndị US 90th Infantry Division na Mee 1945, na Czechoslovakia nso ókèala na Bavaria.