Nuclear War (Morgen die ganze Welt)

June,15 1945 Sabre

The P-86 Sabre in development in the US is changed to a swept-wing design. This will delay production but the example of German fighters shows that swept wings are superior.

June,16 1945 France

Alamogordo Test Range, Jornada del Muerto desert. The first atom bomb test is successful. The yield of the explosion is 22 kiloton, more than expected.

June,16 1945 Pentagon

president Trumann advised by his staff decides to use atom bombs on Japan. Firstly this may put an end to the war against Japan quickly. Secondly, if an atom bomb fails to explode over Germany the Germans would find a way to build their own atom bomb. Japan will be used as a field test.

June,22 1945 Luftwaffe

The transsonic Me-362 enters service in the Luftwaffe. The fighter can reach mach 0.95 and has a ceiling of 17,000 meter. It retains the four 30 mm cannon of the Me-262 and has racks for unguided rockets and X-4 homing missiles. This is the first German aircraft to carry the short-wave Telefunken radar in the nose section.

July,4 1945 Atlantic

An incredible one million tons of shipping has been sunk by U-boats in the Atlantic in two months. This is in spite of increased escorts and air support. Although losses were heavier in some months in 1942 this is clearly only the beginning. U-boats are now coming into service at a higher rate than ever before: one per day. A cartoon in signal magazine shows an American soldier boarding a ship and is subtitled "going to England? take your swimsuit!" Ominously, food rations in Great Britain are reduced.

August,6 1945 Japan

An atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. Casualties are some 100,000 civilians. Some air raids have claimed more victims but the Japanese ask themselves the question how many of these bombs do the US have?

August,7 1945 Berlin

Professor Heisenberg has had a sleepless night. He has heard about the atomic bomb on Japan. Knowing that something can be done goes a long way towards doing it. By the afternoon he has made a plan of action, has requested a 200 million marks budget from Albert Speer and has gotten it within seconds.

August,9 1945 Japan

A second atom bomb is dropped, this time on Nagasaki. This removes all doubt from military leaders. They have to assume that the US have an unlimited supply of atom bombs. The war is lost. The military discreetly stand back and let the civilial leadership concede defeat.

August,15 1945 Japan

Japan surrenders unconditionally. President Truman announces over the radio "One down, one to go".

August,16 1945 Berlin

Hitler expresses his relief at the defeat of Japan. They were not Aryans after all therefore they could not be expected to stand up to a white nation. He warns the Allies that Germany has an atomic bomb and other super weapons.

August,22 1945 Berlin

Heisenberg achieves miracles under pressure. The heavy water moderated reactor in Haigerloch is modified to use enriched uranium and goes critical. The reactor will be used to produce plutonium.

September,7 1945 Great Britain

The First B-29 squadron arrives in Great Britain. Atom bombs will be sent by sea as they become available.

September,19 1945 Atlantic

Fast cruiser Melvin is sunk in the Atlantic. This is published as a minor success in Germany but in fact the cruiser was carrying three plutonium bombs. In the future atom bombs will be carried accross the Atlantic by B-29s.

September,25 1945 Great Britain

The Luftwaffe starts concentrating on aircraft factories in Great Britain. Bombers are usually the strange looking Ju-287 escorted by Me-262s. The Allied superiority in piston fighters is nullified by German jets. The few P-80s and Meteors in service are usually attacked before they can close with the bombers.

October,2 1945 France

A squadron of Meteors on patrol over France is attacked by a new kind of fighter, the Ta-183 "Huckebein". The Meteors are outclassed, six are shot down.

November,8 1945 Germany

The Ju-387 jet bomber prototype makes its first flight. The bomber has 6 Jumo 012 jet engines giving it a speed of 930 km/h and a range of 9,000 km with a bomb load of 5,000 kg.

December,5 1945 Germany

The Me-362 enters service. The jet has two jumo 012 engines giving it a clean speed of mach 1.2

January,6 1946 Germany

Three German cities, Berlin, Hamburg and Munich are hit by atom bombs. Two B-29s are shot down before reaching their targets.

January,7 1946 Germany

Casualties in the atom war are 50,000. It could have been more but the stricken cities were already partially evacuated. What the US has feared has happened however. An unexploded atom bomb is recovered from a B-29 wreck. Heisenberg examines the bomb and simply states "give me two weeks." Several cities in Great Britain are attacked with A4 rockets carrying a new and even more deadly nerve gas, Soman. Some 80,000 casualties are reported.

January,13 1946 Germany

Two more German cities are attacked with atom bombs, Bremen and Nurnberg. Three B-29s carrying atom bombs are shot down. Again casualties are heavy. The Allies send an ultimatum to Berlin demanding unconditional surrender.

January,20 1946 London

The center of London is devastated in a nuclear blast. A Ju-387 jet has dropped the first German atomic bomb. The attack is combined with an A4 nerve gas attack. Casualties are more than 200,000. The war has reached a new level of ferocity.

January,22 1946 New York

The center of New York is devastated in a massive nuclear blast. The attack was executed by a Ju-392 squadron, one carrying an atom bomb and the others flying escort and dropping nerve gas bombs. The attack was completely unexpected and causes 400,000 casualties, mostly by nerve gas.

January,25 1946 Great Britain

The Allies ask for a ceasefire.

January,26 1946 Great Britain

A ceasefire comes into effect. A German team headed by Von Ribbentrop will be sent to London to start peace negotiations.