Timeline: Morgen die ganze Welt
Friday, January 25 1946 Berlin
Hitler orders the OKH to start operation Sea Lion more than five years after it was first planned. All risks are acceptable in order to deny B-29 bases to the Americans.
Saturday, January 26 1946 South England
The second battle of Britain is on. The Luftwaffe attacks airfields in South England in preparation of operation Sea Lion. AA defenses and airfields are attacked with cluster bombs and napalm. The Luftwaffe is using a new type of bomb based on air-fuel explosion. It is technologically advanced and does not always work properly. It it works it can flatten a whole airfield at once. Ta-183s attack defending fighters while Me-362 air superiority jets provide high cover. Unknown to the Allies the Luftwaffe is using ME264 aircraft as AWACS. These aircraft monitor the airspace and vector jet fighters to their targets. In this high-tech environment piston fighters are ineffectual. Thousands of Allied fighters have become obsolete. The air war in the second battle of Britain is fought between jets. The Allies are running behind with 450 jets available, mainly P-80s, Vampires and Meteors. The Luftwaffe has 800 jet bombers and 2,500 jet fighters of superior design. Allied jets are unstable gun platforms at high speed because of the straight wings.
Wednesday, February 13 1946 South England
The all-out attack of the Luftwaffe starts having an effect. RAF and USAAF squadrons are gradually eroded. German jets are now armed with homing IR missiles or wire-guided X4 missiles. Almost all Allied jets have been destroyed. The Allies keep piston fighters constantly in the air at high altitude to intercept jet bombers that are slowed down with their bomb load. Jet bombers have been ordered to jettison their bombs when intercepted and turn away. Road traffic in the South of England becomes dangerous. To make matters worse the Atlantic blockade by U-boats causes a shortage of resources, especially aviation fuel.
Thursday, February 21 1946 Malta
Axis 1st parachute division makes a drop over Malta. There is little opposition as the defenders have been bombed senseless for 9 months. The paras have learned from the costly Crete experience. They now come down with their assault rifles and recoilless rifles. The airport is quickly secured and within minutes giant Me323 and Ju290 cargoes land and release a stream of support troops including armor upon the island. General Student was among the first paras to drop. His first message to the OKH says "The island fortress of Malta is overwhelmed without effort - this is a great dress rehearsal for D-day"
Thursday, February 22 1946 Malta
Questions are asked in American Congress and British Parliament about the loss of Malta. Politicians begin to suspect that the war is not going according to plan.
Thursday, February 28 1946 South England
In the USA a Republic Aviation F-84 Thunderjet makes its maiden flight. The aircraft is superior to the P-80 but because of the straight wings does not handle well above mach 0.8.
Thursday, March 14 1946 Berlin
Operation Sea Lion will start on spring day, March 21. The weather is too cold but the overriding consideration is to prevent atom bomb attacks. The Luftwaffe has achieved enough superiority to guarantee that no Allied warships will interfere with the invasion. Sea Wolves will be on patrol in case the Royal Navy decides to attack regardless. 250 Axis divisions are available but the Axis does not plan on using all of them. The existence of atom bombs makes a new type of warfare necessary. Large concentrations of forces will be avoided. The basic fighting unit will be battalion-sized highly mobile groups using MP44 assault rifles, recoilless guns and X-7 wire-guided anti-tank missiles carried on foot by specialist AT Squads, or mounted on kuebelwagens, the Axis equivalent of Jeeps. They are trained to infiltrate enemy positions and force the enemy to fall back. Each unit reports to the general staff by radio. Troop concentrations will be attacked by the Luftwaffe with nerve gas and atom bombs. A new ground attack jet has been produced by Junkers: the Ju-187 "warthog", heavily armed with a 75 mm gun and rockets. The new Henschel Hs 132 Jet Dive Bomber will also be used to bomb the radar stations and troop concentrations like the Stuka did in 1940. Axis forces have been training intensively for the new type of warfare.
Thursday,March 21 1946 Invasion beaches
Sea Lion
Operation Sea Lion starts with atom bomb attacks on Southampton and Brighton. At the same time Ramcke parachute division executes raids on radar stations along the coast using Focke-Achgelis helicopters and Weserflung Tilt-Rotors. The next surprise for the Allies is a demonstration of Axis amphibious capability in a landing from Brighton to Portsmouth. By the evening 6 divisions are onshore. Westerly winds prevent the use of nerve gas in the invasion area but Allied HQs and communications are bombed.
Friday, March 22 1946 Invasion beaches
The Allies respond quickly to the Axis invasion. Allied armor tries to break through to the beach at Chicester. But Axis infantry ambushes tanks with wire-guided X-7 anti-tank missiles with their 1200 metre range, another surprise causing great consternation. Axis heavy bombers drop 12 atom bombs and nerve gas on Allied troops concentrations. The Allies are not prepared for this new kind of warfare. Communication systems are paralyzed by electromagnetic pulses from atom bombs.
Saturday, March 23 1946 Invasion beaches
Royal Navy attempts to attack the Axis 600 strong invasion fleet are repelled. U-boats and minefields make an impenetrable shield. The Luftwaffe uses improved wire-guided Fritz-X bombs for the first time with great success. These bombs are immune to jamming, unlike the earlier models used in the Med.
Sunday, March 24 1946 Invasion beaches
The Axis beachhead extends from Portsmouth to Brighton and about 15 km inland. In Portsmouth the fighting is fierce as the Germans try to take the harbor.
Monday, March 25 1946 Portsmouth
General Ramcke leads a helicopter and Tilt-Rotor attack on Portsmouth harbor. The 1st parachute division lands on the docks and prevents the firing of demolition charges.
Wednesday, March 27 1946 Portsmouth
Portsmouth harbor is destroyed with an Allied atom bomb. This denies the Axis a good harbor. Allied troops pulled back which gave the enemy warning of the intent, so casualties are minimal.
Saturday, March 30 1946 Crawley
German armor spearheaded by Tiger II and the new Panther II with a Gyrostabilized 88mm KwK L/71 tanks break through in the direction of Crawley. The Luftwaffe supports with napalm, nerve gas and cluster bombs. Home Guard units fight to the death to defend their country.
Sunday, March 31 1946 Crawley
Crawley is destroyed in an Allied atom bomb attack. The German advance is temporarily stopped. The situation becomes confused. Allied troops and civilians were destroyed in Crawley together with Axis forces.
Monday, April 1 1946 Winchester
The German tactics of using small highly mobile groups and infiltration keeps the Allies off-balance. Concentration of forces is avoided. An Allied troop concentration in the Winchester area is detected and promptly atom bombed.
Tuesday, April 2 1946 Winchester
General Rommel takes advantage of a break in the Allied defenses in the Winchester area and races to Reading with the veteran 21st panzer division. The troops are protected against fallout and nerve gas with full body suits.
Wednesday, April 3 1946 Reading
In the confusion of radioactive fallout and frenzied Luftwaffe attacks Reading falls to the Germans. Combat groups are already probing forward and London is in danger of being surrounded.
Thursday, April 4 1946 Reading
The old city of Reading is destroyed by an Allied atom bomb but the Germans were not waiting. Only some support troops are wiped out. The main German advance is already on the way to Oxford. Allied photo reconnaissance is hindered by aggressive Luftwaffe patrols. The Axis have the advantage of aerial reconnaissance.