14. April 1945
On April 14th 1945, SE of the city Uelzen in
the "Lueneburger Heide", was one of the last Tankbattles on the
western front. General of the Panzertruppe Karl Decker got the
orderwith his XXXIX. Panzerkorps to protect Uelzen and to take
Stadesen and Nettelkmp. But his Korps was just only a Regiment
and the british troops had the 15. Scots Div. In the morning
of April 14th the "Scots Grd" tanks and the "Highlanders" Inf.
were moving along the Reichsstrasse 191 to Uelzen. They thought
they were safe, but they met the Inf.Div. "Schlageter" and the
Pz.Div. "Clausewitz". This Pz.Div. of Generalleutnant Unrein
had only some Hetzers. The last chance for Decker was the PzJgAbt.
"Grossdeutschland" and the PzGrenBtl "Feldherrnhalle". Decker
knew that this battle will be the death for many of his soldiers.
He could not get over with this fact so he chose the suicide.