Uncivil war (Morgen die ganze Welt)

Timeline:  Morgen die ganze Welt

Sunday, December 22 1946 Bloody Sunday in England General von Stuelpnagel, military governor of Great Britain has been informed of expected upheaval by Rommel. He agrees with Rommel to resist the first stage of Himmler's consolidation of power: the execution of Jewish prisoners of war. He has been a member of the schwarze Kapelle - an anti-Nazi group of generals - for years. Since Hitler's death was announced telephone lines had been fairly buzzing with schwarze Kapelle messages from conspirators. But there was a lot of uncertainty because the support of a German field marshall was essential for the movements's purpose: a military coup. Now they have that support. Later that day an SS company escorts a Gestapo unit to the large prisoner of war camp at Manchester. Four Gestapo officers meets the camp commander Wolfgang Schmidt and the leader demands all Jewish prisoners to be released into the care of the Gestapo, showing his papers of authority. Wolfgang calmly tears the papers to pieces and being a man of few words simply says "get out!". The disbelieving Gestapo officer cries "Are you refusing to obey orders? A capital offence!", and to his men "shoot him!" But in an incredibly short time the office fills with camp guards, veterans of 21st division. Wild shooting starts and the Gestapo gets the worst of it. Four dead men in leather coats lie on the floor. Wolfgang's cap has been shot off and he retrieves it from the floor muttering "Heinrich will pay for this." He walks outside where the SS company has been quitly surrounded and disarmed by local troops. Sardonically he announces "Welcome to camp Bruno. Accommodation has been arranged for you. A change of scenery will do you a power of good. Now off with you." At the same moment similar scenarios play out in all camps in England. 120 Gestapo agents are killed or captured and thousands of SS troops have become prisoners of war. For this is war - not quite a civil war but certainly war.