Battle of Stalingrad

**Battle of Stalingrad** is the tenth mission on the Axis Powers side of the European Theatre in World Conqueror 4. It is preceded by Siege of Leningrad and is followed by Conquer Europe.

## Overview

### Battle of Stalingrad

"General Paulus's Sixth Army has fallen into the tight encirclement of the Soviet army. The Supreme Command orders you to rescue them at all costs immediately! The Command has mobilized the surrounding troops as reinforcements. Hope that you gain the control of Stalingrad while rescuing successfully." - Manstein

### Objective:

Normal/Hard Mode: Defend or recapture an unnamed city to the east of Kharkiv, defeat Zhukov, and capture Stalingrad, Saratov, and an unnamed city to the north of Stalingrad in 36 turns.

### Generals:

#### Normal mode:

Player Generals:

* Up to 3 Generals

Axis Powers Generals:

* Bock
* Dumitrescu
* Manstein
* Paulus
* Weichs

Allied Powers Generals:

* Chuikov
* Rokossovsky
* Timoshenko
* Vasilevsky
* Vatutin
* Zhukov

#### Hard mode:

Player Generals:

* Up to 6 Generals

Axis Powers Generals:

* Bock
* Dumitrescu
* Manstein
* Paulus
* Weichs

Allied Powers Generals:

* Chuikov
* Rokossovsky
* Timoshenko
* Vasilevsky
* Vatutin
* Zhukov

### Dialogue:

Start of Mission

* Manstein: Marshal Paulus' troops have been surrounded by the enemy in the vicinity of Stalingrad. The headquarters orders us to reinforce them immediately.
* Zhukov: The German front is so long that they could no longer defend both sides. This is a prime opportunity for us to fight back.

Central German Fort Destroyed

* Bock: The southern line of the Romanian and Hungarian allies is under strong attack. They can not last much longer.

Romanian City Captured

* Manstein: The enemy have launched a full-scale counterattack against us. Commander, please break through the north wing of the Soviet line. (Normal mode)
* Vasilevsky: We have completely surrounded the Sixth Army in the south wing. We must stop the German reinforcements.

Round 7 Player Phase

* Timoshenko: The front troops are holding the German reinforcements. The time is ripe to destroy the Sixth Army.

Paulus Defeated

* Manstein: Marshal Paulus has been defeated. We have lost the strategic position to attack Stalingrad.

### Events:

Romanian City Captured

* The morale of Paulus's forces falls by one point.

Paulus Defeated (Normal mode)

* The morale of the player's forces and the southwest Germans falls by two points.

Paulus Defeated (Hard mode)

* The morale of the player's forces and the northwest Germans falls by two points.

Vasilevsky Defeated (Hard mode)

* The morale of all German forces increases by one point.

## Walkthrough:

### Normal mode:

First, break through the Soviets' Northern defensive lines. Then, engage in a long and grueling battle against Soviet forces that are trying to surround Paulus's 6th army. Pray that Paulus doesn't get killed, because if he dies you get a double morale debuff. If he does, run. Getting outflanked will spell disaster for that unit. Only fight back once the Morale debuff wears off. After that, the Soviets should be severely weakened and you should be able to easily take the rest of the cities.

### Hardmode:

(assume they have beaten the Europe theatre and are fully upgraded for either 1939 or 43 depending on which is the minimum for a 3 star).

### Point needed to be occupied to unlock abilities:

In Normal mode, capturing the southeasternmost city will unlock the Architecture skill.

## Mission level is based on:

**Operation Winter Storm** (German: *Unternehmen Wintergewitter)* a German offensive in December 1942 during World War II, involved the German 4th Panzer Army failing to break the Soviet encirclement of the German 6th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad.