232 Infantry Regiment German attack at Statmatten
On the sixteenth of January the Germans launched a new attack aimed at the town of Sessenheim, about seven miles south of Hatten. For this attack the Germans had 1,000 young, fanatical troops, members of the German Seventh Parachute Division. These men were not jump-trained, but they were some of Germany's best. Many of the men were in their first engagement but the officers and non-commissioned officers were combat veterans. Supporting them were six to eight assault guns and, most important, six huge Tiger tanks, camouflaged with white paint.
Defending the towns of Sessenheim, Dengolsheim and Statmatten was Company B of the 232nd Infantry. North of Sessenheim were Companies C and I of the same regiment and to the south was Company K.
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