IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is a World War II combat flight simulator released in 2013. A combined effort of 1C Company, the publisher of "", and 777 Studios, developers of "Rise of Flight", it inherits the name "IL-2 Sturmovik" from the "IL-2 Sturmovik" and is included in the franchise series (2001-2011) although it runs a development of the "" game engine, known as Digital Nature and originally created in 2009. The game is a combat flight simulation set during the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), specifically the time period between Operation Uranus and the surrender
Romanian armies in the Battle of Stalingrad In the 4th Corps' sector, 40 Soviet tanks attacked the 15th Infantry Division but were repulsed by evening with heavy losses. Meanwhile, the 7th Cavalry Division unsuccessfully tried to block the enemy's advance; the right wing of the division, which had fully received the blow, retreated south while the left wing was reassigned to the 9th Infantry Division. Also, the 1st Cavalry Division had to retreat towards Stalingrad and was subordinated to the 6th Army. At the end of the day, the defence position of the Third Romanian Army had a 70 km wide gap in the centre. In this