(Best Played as Allies, Unless you are a hard core 6th Army Fan like me) That Battle of Stalingrad has been raging for 196 days.  The remnants of the decimated German 6th Army, have taken to the cellars and factories of Stalingrad to make their final stand. By the last day of January, the defenders of Stalingrad had been pinched into two large Pockets,  one in the Northern Tractor Factory district, and the other just a little south in the Barricade Factory area. It was now time for the Soviet 62nd Army to finish of thier German foe. The situation for the 6th Army is hopeless, with each passing hour the front line gets farther and farther away, von Manstein's rescue attempt has failed. Their only purpose now is to draw away as many Soviet troops from the front line as they can so that their Whermacht counterparts can organize a defense. The 62nd army is battered, but eager to end this battle for their Motherland once and for all ! On January 31st the last offensive for Stalingrad began.  Forcing the Southern Pocket to surrender on January 31st, and the Northern Pocket, the final German bastion in Stalingrad, on February 2nd, 1943.  The last message out of Stalingrad came from General Strecker of LI Corps, it stated: "Eleventh Corps and its divisions have fought to the last man against vastly superior forces.  Long live Germany!"