 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Thiele akagamuchira Knights Cross yeIron Cross yekuraira kwake Lützow uye hutungamiriri hwake hwe Kampfgruppe V 5th hondo yeboka panguva yekugara kweOslo. Thiele akanga atora murairo weboka rehondo pashure pokunyura kweBlücher. Akagadzwa mutungamiri we Kampfgruppe II 2nd battle group muBaltic Sea musi wa 28 Chikunguru 1944 uye mutungamiri we Kampfgruppe Thiele musi wa 23 Kurume 1945. Na Prinz Eugen, Admiral Hipper, Admiral Scheer uye Lützow, uye ngarava dzemutsara uye uye zvikepe zvakareruka Emden, Köln, Leipzig uye Nürnberg akatora chikamu kubva mugungwa muhondo dzeCourlanduye muSamland. 