 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa26 Chikumi 1942 Hilpert akava mutungamiri anoshanda weLIX Army Corps uye muna Chikunguru akatora kutungamira kweXXIII Corps iyo yaakarwa nayo neSoviet Operation Mars. Musi wa 20 Ndira 1943 akazova Commanding General weLIV Corps, iyo yakaiswa pasi pe18th Army yeArmy Group North pamberi peLeningrad uye yakabatanidzwa muhondo dzinorema dzekudzivirira panguva yeOperation Iskra.. Muzhizha ra1943 zvakare, akazviratidza muhondo dzekudzivirira muChishanu Sinyavino Offensive, iyo yaakazopihwa nayo Knights Cross yeIron Cross musi wa22 Nyamavhuvhu 1943. 