 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Paakadzokera kuPrussian Main Military Academy achibva kuHanover, Strachwitz akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru wemitambo weVaponesi. Akatanga kurovedza muviri zuva nezuva uye kumhanya kwenguva refu vhiki nevhiki. Chikwata chomutambo cheVachengeti veHupenyu chakasarudzwa kuti chitore rutivi muMitambo yeOlympic yakarongwa ya1916, uye ikoku kwakakurudzira zvikuru vavariro yake. Akatora rutivi mukutasva mabhiza, fencing uye track uye munda mitambo, iyo yakava pfungwa yake huru. Strachwitz akaramba achibudirira somutambi, uye neshamwari yake Prince Friedrich Karl wePrussia, maererano naRoll Strachwitz akanga ari pakati pevatambi vakanakisisa kuti vadzidzire Mitambo yeOlympic. 