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 of the 6th Army. After 1C Game Studios halted development for "", they officially announced development for "IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad" in December 2012. Access to an early alpha was made available for "Premium Edition" owners on November 19, 2013. The release date was originally planned for the first quarter of 2014. The full release date has been marked as October 20, 2014 on the Steam digital market. "IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad" is the 11th installment in the "IL-2 Sturmovik" series, but due to difference in game engine, it is considered to belong to the third generation of