Battle of Stalingrad but Paulus – ordered not to surrender by Hitler – did not respond. The German High Command informed Paulus, "Every day that the army holds out longer helps the whole front and draws away the Russian divisions from it." The Germans inside the pocket retreated from the suburbs of Stalingrad to the city itself. The loss of the two airfields, at Pitomnik on 16 January 1943 and Gumrak on the night of 21/22 January, meant an end to air supplies and to the evacuation of the wounded. The third and last serviceable runway was at the Stalingradskaya flight school, which
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad "IL-2 Sturmovik" series. On the In November 2017, the development team announced several new titles for the generation and that the new generation of "IL-2" will be called "IL-2 Great Battles series". Series has received next part "IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Moscow" in 2016. This expands "Battle of Stalingrad" with new areas and aircraft keeping most of technology the same. Development of "IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Kuban" has started, bringing graphics support for DirectX 11 and virtual reality. Detail of aircraft models received generally good reviews and praise. IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is a