Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia. Marked by fierce close quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids, it was the largest (nearly 2.2 million personnel) and bloodiest (1.8–2 million killed, wounded or captured) battle in the history of warfare. After their defeat at Stalingrad, the German High Command had to withdraw vast military forces from the Western Front to
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