Unternehmen Seelöwe

The Point of Divergence of the Unternehmen Seelöwe-Timeline is April 24, 1940, when Adolf Hitler chokes to death on a bite of apple in the Kehlsteinhaus. As a result, Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess is appointed Führer on May 5, 1940. All events preceding Hitler's death are the same as OTL, so I won't bother listing the events of WWII previous.

This is a List of Events in the Unternehmen Seeloewe Universe.

A New Führer

 * April 24, 1940: Hitler dies. Senior members of the Nazi Party are alerted.Reise_berchtesgaden_kehlsteinhaus.jpg


 * April 25, 1940: The public learns of the Führer's death when a distraught SS Soldier who witnessed the event leaks the event to the press. A National Day of Mourning is quickly declared by Goebbels.


 * April 26, 1940: Rudolf Hess is shot at, but not hit, as he leaves his office in Berlin by a young man claiming to be a Polish National when captured by Police.


 * April 28, 1940: The Polish assassin finally admits that he was hired by Albert Speer to take out Hess. An SS Search of Speer's apartment reveals damning evidence; Speer is arrested by the SS as he leaves a Berlin restaurant around 8 PM.


 * May 5, 1940: Rudolf Hess is appointed Führer in Berlin.

The Nazi Conquest

 * May 7, 1940: Hess orders the Wehrmacht to follow through with Hitler's plans to invade France several days early.


 * June 4, 1940: Accelerated under Hess' command, the Luftwaffe begins bombing RAF bases in England, sparking the Battle of Britain.


 * June 5, 1940: France surrenders, cementing Hess' popularity among the German people.


 * June 21, 1940: The Norwegian Campaign of the War is completed, securing Sweden's supplies for Germany.


 * June 22, 1940: In the Pacific, Japan seizes Hong Kong from the British.


 * June 24, 1940: Hess is alerted of Hitler's plans to invade the Soviet Union on the twenty fifth and, at the urging of the Wehrmacht Generals, frantically recalls the forces deployed to invade.


 * July 14, 1940: Nazi Germany signs the Neutrality Acts with the United States, popular among both German and American publics.
 * July 24, 1940: President Roosevelt in America unwillingly accepts Nazi Germany into the binds of the Lend-Lease Acts. The American economy booms as production speeds up to fill the demands of both the British and the Germans.
 * August 2, 1940: Frustrated with the slow process of the Battle of Britain, Hess orders Goering to begin targeting RAF fields and Aircraft factories.
 * August 10, 1940: Hess meets with Stalin in Warsaw. They sign the Warsaw Treaty of 1940 and reaffirm the fragile alliance of the two nations.
 * September 17, 1940: Having successfully subdued the RAF, Nazi forces land on Britain's south coast.
 * October 1, 1940: Nazi troops reach London. The Royal Family is evacuated to Scotland.