 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Schlesien yakaona kurwa kwakaganhurirwa mukati meHondo Yenyika II, ichipfura pfuti kwenguva pfupi mauto ePoland panguva yekupinda kwePoland munaGunyana 1939. Yakaperekedza vanotsvaira zvimbambaira panguva yeOperation WeserübungKupinda muNorway neDenmark muna April 1940. Pashure pokuvhiyiwa kwacho, akapiwa mabasa okuwedzera, achinyanya kushanda sengarava yokudzidzisa uye sechikepe chinopwanya aizi. Akagumisa basa rake achibatsira nemoto kumahombekombe eBaltic. Paakanga ari paSwinemünde musi waMay 3, 1945, akarova chimbambaira ndokubva aendeswa kuSwinemünde, uko akanyudzwa nevashandi vake mumvura isina kudzika, kunyange zvazvo zvakawanda zvepamusoro pake, kusanganisira bhatiri rake guru, rakasara pamusoro pemvura. Mumazuva akasara ehondo, Schlesien akashandisa zvombo zvake zvinorwisa ndege kudzivirira guta pakurwiswa nendege. Pashure pokuguma kwehondo, iye akaparadzaniswa, kunyange zvazvo zvimwe zvikamu zvengarava zvakaramba zvichioneka kusvikira kuma1970. 