Operation European Freedom

This ATL comes about as a result of Hitler deciding to invade Britain. One scenario of Unternehmen Seelöwe, 1941

1940
Operation Sealion commences with Britain falling by 13 december 1940. However, a massive insurgency wreaks havoc on the German forces.

1941
June 22: after a series of car bombs which killed Reinhard Heydrich, Albert Speer, Oswald Mosley and Erwin Rommel in London, Hitler calls a meeting of his general staff in the Braunau Am inn.

June 24: Hitler agrees with a presentation made by Erich Von Manstein, which says that Hitler can expect a similar insurgency in Russia if Barbarossa goes ahead. Hitler decides to re-evaluate the operation and says to the meeting that a decision shall be made in 1 day.

June 25: Hitler announces that Barbarossa shall NOT go ahead. Instead, they will solidify their position in the face of an inevitable assault by the USA (Churchill is touring America, from Seattle to Miami, urging a war against Germany by now.)