Lüttich versus Overlord (Morgen die ganze Welt)

January,11 1944 Italy

US forces in Italy receive improved gas masks and suits that are supposed to protect against nerve gas. Whether the equipment will work is unknown.

February,3 1944 Calabria

US forces break through the German defences in Calabria. Germans fall back 100 km to new prepared defences.

April,1 1944 Caucasus

The first Caucasus oil is produced in Maikop. The refinery in Grozny has been repaired. German mobility is now improved while the Soviets struggle to obtain oil.

May,1 1944 Germany

German production has increased greatly due to the efforts of Albert Speer. The US bombing offensive is reduced because the closest aifields to Germany are now in Sicily. U-2501, the first type 21 submarine, is undergoing trials in the North Sea.

May,14 1944 Leningrad

Leningrad is declared an open city. The Soviets abandoned the city when they realized the Germans were planning a nerve gas attack.

May,20 1944 Voronezh

Against the advice of his generals Stalin launches a new offensive at Voronezh aimed at cutting off the German forces in the Caucasus.

May,22 1944 Voronezh

The German armies have retreated to prepared defences at Voronezh. The Luftwaffe strength in the area is 4,000 aircraft, higher than the total at the start of operation barbarossa.

May,25 1944 Voronezh

General Von Manstein allowed the Soviets to advance until they lost contact with their supply centers. At that moment the Soviet supply and communication centers were attacked with nerve gas and conventional bombs.

May,26 1944 Voronezh

Axis forces counterattack at Voronezh. The battle will later be called "the Voronezh meat grinder". Soviet forces that try to make a stand are bombed with nerve gas. Soon the Soviet offensive collapses. The situation is ideal for blitzkrieg and general Guderian is ready. His armor advances 60 km north.

June,1 1944 Voronezh

Tula is captured by German forces. The situation is becoming critical for the Soviets. The ill conceived Voronezh offensive has cost them most of their armor.

June,4 1944 Voronezh

Kalomna and Mozhaisk fall to the German army. Moscow is now under threat.

June,10 1944 Moscow

Moscow is surrounded. Four Soviet armies are trapped.

June,11 1944 Moscow

Soviet armies in Moscow surrender. Only just in time because a nerve gas attack was being prepared. Moscow is almost deserted. After the nerve gas attack surviving civlians left the city.

June,15 1944 Italy

The US forces makes more progress in Italy but each time the Germans fall back to a new defence line. The front is still 200 km from Salerno.

June,20 1944 Philippines

The Japanese navy is decisively defeated in the battle of the Philippine Sea. The Japanese can't replace their lost pilots.

July,2 1944 Gorki

Gorki on the Volga falls to the German army. The Soviets can offer no effective resistance. Stalin has ordered communist spies in Germany to find out about nerve gas at all cost.