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STOLZENAU, GERMANY, 6
April 1945: As the
war wound down in its closing days, the supply of rations to German
soldiers, even among the elite of the 2nd Marine Division and
12th SS Hitlerjugend remnants, began to break down. Things got
so bad that the average landser of these units had to rely on
the generosity of the local population for food. Facing these
hungry, and likely war-weary German soldiers were well-fed, well-equipped
men of the 11th Armoured Division. Despite the dire situation,
local Hitler Youth units turned up the last cadre of soldiers,
tasked to hold the Weser River Line with local FlaK elements in
support. And although the Hitlerjugend teenagers had received
less training than their predecessors, they were still fired with
the fanaticism that those outside of the world of the Hitler generation
could not fathom—and these young boys were well-led by hardened
combat veterans. The combination, along with the nickname Panzer-Teufel
(“Tank Devils”) the unit hung on itself, would soon
surprise the British, unaware that these boys embraced a philosophy,
printed in their pamphlets, with concepts including, “killing
is a sport” and “killing is your duty.” And the
ultimate, “Panzer-Tuefel always shoots first! The man who
shoots first lives longer!” In the Stolzenau area the soldiers
of the 11th Armoured did not fare well, and received a clear message
that the Germans intended to hold the area—via the fierce
resistance put up by the teenaged SS Panzergrenadiers of 3, 5,
7 and 10 Kompanies, SS-Ausb.u.Ers.Btl.12.HJ supported by light
Flak and 88mm Flak from the RAD battery 5./280.
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