<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaberekerwa mumhuri yechiPrussian ine nhoroondo refu yebasa rechiuto, Choltitz akabatana neuto achiri muduku uye akaona basa kuWestern Front munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yokutanga 19141918. Akasimuka kusvika pachinzvimbo che Lieutenant pakupera kwehondo uye akashanda munguva yepakati pehondo achibatsira Germany kuvakazve mauto ayo. Muna September 1939, panguva yekupinda kwePoland pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, akanga achishumira muGerd von Rundstedts Army Group South. Muna May 1940, Choltitz akabatanidzwa mu  <response>: Hondo yeRotterdam, ichiita kumhara nendege uye kutora mamwe emabhiriji anokosha eguta racho. 