 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Weikersthals 35th Division yakarwa muhondo dzeBiałystokMinsk, Smolensk, uye Vyazma, hondo huru nhatu dzokukomba paEastern Front, umo mauto eGermany akatapa vasungwa veSoviet vanopfuura mamiriyoni 1,2. PaSmolensk, Weikersthal akapiwa mubayiro weKnights Cross. Mukurwisana kwakasimba nemasoja eSoviet akatsunga, mauto eGermany akawedzera kuva noutsinye; pfungwa dzisina vasungwa dzakava huru pakati pe35th Division, iyo yakauraya vasungwa veRed Army uye yakapfura vaJudha mukutsiva. David Wildermuth anotaura kuti chimiro chaWeikersthal pakuurawa kwevasungwa chakanga chiri chekubvumirana chinyararire, uye chimiro chake pakuurawa kwevaJudha veSoviet chaiva pakati pokubvumirana chinyararire nokubvumirana kusina kunyorwa. 