<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Wazalelwa emndenini wasePrussia owaziwayo onomlando omude wokusebenza kwezempi, uCholtitz wajoyina ibutho esemncane futhi wasebenza eWestern Front phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yokuqala 1914-1918. Wakhuphukela esikhundleni sokuba uLieutenant ekupheleni kwempi futhi wasebenza esikhathini esiphakathi kwempi esiza iJalimane ukwakha kabusha amabutho ayo ahlomile. NgoSepthemba 1939, ngesikhathi kuhlasela iPoland ekuqaleni kweMpi Yezwe II, wayekhonza eqenjini likaGerd von Rundstedt laseNingizimu. Ngo-May 1940, uCholtitz wabamba iqhaza eMpini yaseRotterdam  <response>: , benza ukwehla emoyeni futhi bathatha amanye amabhuloho abalulekile edolobheni. 