In the summer of 1944, when the retreat from Normandy began, he poured more cement, put more guns into the Siegfried and the Metz forts, and waited.

• 1944年夏，当撤退从诺曼底开始时，他倾注更多的水泥，更多的枪炮进入梅斯要塞的齐格菲防线，等待盟军前来。