Of the 300,000 who died at this battle... 150,000 froze to death..
Oh man when I started this project I did the usual web searches for any order of battle articles, any battle maps etc. Had heard but really had no idea just how bloody... bloody this thing was. Who was in charge?, How did the Germans finds themselves surrounded at Stalingrad.. Why was this city so important that Hitler ordered it held at all cost? And why are they doing all this in the worse winter in 50 years?
Theres three ways into the city. Northern Central, and southern. Non of em’ easy. 6th Army Headquarters in the “pocket” can send out tanks to any of the 4 bases surrounding the city. In fact they can change history defy Hitler's order, and spawn point their way across the map!.. Push those Ivan’s back baby!
Map made to be tank friendly.
Ain’t nobody capturing downtown Stalingrad with cargo planes... not with 96 manable gun positions... Not when its divided into three sections, each section has to be captured at the same time. Otherwise it would break down into urban warfare and a war of attrition. More tanks spawning into a smoking ruin of a once proud city. We don’t want that. -g-
I expect Spawn-Point-Row in central Stalingrad to be a bloody boulvard indeed. These are the entry points for the surrounding bases.
Only 25 bases or so but I bet this isn’t an easy map to win.
Check out F1 “Fighter Town”.. Wish this base could be made neutral. Select a P51 and hit the “h’ for hell.. heheh don’t forget to put down a flap!! you only have 2,030 feet. Another spawn point there starts you at 15k.. Relax purists we aren't using this base for events
Don’t worry about the train-track tile... I had an extra tile and didn’t know when the new editor would be out... (downloading it right now) will use that tile for something else. The bases along the train route are supposed to be depots.
Also now with streets, can lay out Stalingrad more better. Clean it up have actual city streets.. you can see it from miles away.
Thanks to Nuttz for working on this He can come back and work on it more anytime
Few other ideas suggestions read on this board... Buzzbait and them so there’ll be plenty updates. Ideas I got from Il2 demo..
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