the Worlds Greatest Appeasement
 

Hi All,

Heres another of my throw awy TL's.

Part One

What if Churchill dies in a tragic accident a decade before the Second World War?

11-11-1929: A motor accident involving a Rolls Royce on a back country road in Essex results in the death of the driver and the passenger, Sir Winston Churchill, The First Sea Lord of the British Admiralty. Over the next few days letters of condolence are sent to England from all around the world and especially the British Empire. There are however two noticeable exceptions, Australia and New Zealand send no condolence letters as the general public of both these countries still harbour deep resentment towards Churchill for the failed Gallipoli campaign.

24-03-1933: A day after the Reichstag voted him dictatorial powers. The German Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler issues his first proclamation. Hitler states that although he has absolute power, he is ordering that the military have total and absolute control over all operational matters in any future military action and that these orders cannot be countermanded. Hitler states further that the only military matters that the Fuhrer has to approve are the size of the military, military construction and the commitment of the military to war.

02-02-1936: Adolf Hitler, the German Fuhrer, after discussions with Admirals Raeder and Donitz over several weeks, agrees to implement the Z plan. Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels is instructed to advise all interested parties that the new construction are coastal defence cruisers which will fully comply with the Washington Treaty. Hermann Goering is displeased when he hears of the decision, as this will effect the growth of his Luftwaffe.

03-06-1939: In the three years since the Z-Plan was instigated Germany has regained most of the territory that it lost with the Treaty of Versailles. Austria, Czechoslovakia has been annexed while Rhineland and the Saar Basin where ceded to Germany by France and England to appease Hitler. The Kreigmarine now has 6 battleships, 15 cruisers and 2 aircraft carriers under construction and expected to enter service in the next two years.
The cost of the naval, army and airforce construction has taken Germany to the brink of financial collapse. As Hitler walks through the Berchtesgarden estate, he decides that the only way to avoid an economic disaster is to conquer more territory and he sets his eyes on Poland. Smiling to himself as he walks Hitler thinks that this is an excellent solution, after all despite their treaty obligations Hitler doubts that England and France will go to war over Poland.

01-09-1939: Germany launches a surprise attack on the relatively defenceless Poland.
France and Great Britain issue an ultimatum to Germany leave Poland and return to her prewar borders or face war. Hitler on hearing of the ultimatum from Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop pauses in thought for a moment and then decides that Germany must continue on this course if it is to survive.

03-09-1936: France and Great Britain declare war on Germany with Australia and New Zealand following shortly after. Strangely South Africa remains silent and after much discussion on the subject at government level decides not to enter the new European War.

17-09-1939: The Soviet Union invades eastern Poland annexing the eastern most part of the country.

19-09-1939: The German-Soviet Friendship Treaty is announced to great dismay in France and Great Britain.

03-10-1939: Germany’s blitzkrieg tactics have been a stunning success with all organised resistance having halted after just over a month of operations. Hitler is pleased with the results of the Army, it’s new equipment and tactics is a proven success as well as the coordinated attacks with the Luftwaffe. He is however not so pleased with the Kreigmarine which has had a lot of resources poured into its, yet it only has the 3 pocket battleships built before the Z plan was implemented. After heated discussions with Admirals’ Raeder and Donitz all future construction is halted on surface ships until the end of the war with only those under construction to be finished. All further resources allocated to the Kreigmarine will go to u-boat construction.

05-10-1939: With the disastrous defeat of Poland, Britain and France vow to continue the fight to the bitter end. Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, whose health is failing, decides to form a government of national unity. Included in this government is Sir Oswald Mosley, of the British Union of Fascists as Minister of British Unity.

11-12-1939: The strain of war has taken it’s toll on Chamberlain and he announces that he is standing aside as Prime Minister in favour of Lord Beaverbrook. Nothing much has happened in the land or air war on the continent, on the seas however things are not going well for England. The German u-boats are running rampant across the Atlantic while the surface raiders both armed merchantmen and the pocket battleships have taken a heavy toll on allied shipping. The only good news if it is considered such is the destruction of two of the pocket battleships with only the Graf Spree remaining at large. This however is counteracted by the fact the England and France have lost 39 surface ships and more than 100 merchants, mostly to the German u-boats

15-01-1940: Hitler in a meeting with Field Marshall Brauchitsch decides to wait until May before starting an offensive that he hopes will end the war. On parting Hitler states Herr Field Marshall, Germany needs the war over with in the next two years or our economy will collapse under the strain of war production.

12-03-1940: Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering has finally achieved his goal of having a 3000 strong airforce of trained pilots. Now he only has to convince the Fuhrer of the necessity of developing new cutting edge aircraft. To achieve this goal he gives his deputy Erhard Milch this task.

17-04-2003: The last German pocket battleship, The Graf Spree has finally been destroyed by a massive fleet of French and English ships. Although all these powerful German ships have now been destroyed, the cost to Britain and France has been enormous. In the seven months since the outbreak of war 69 surface ships have been destroyed and 212 merchantmen sunk. The cost to Germany has been high as well with the 3 pocket battleships and 70 u-boats sunk. This however is acceptable losses to the Germans as they have managed too severely restrict the flow of food and materials from Britain’s colonies and the Americans.

18-04-1940: Admiral Raeder petitions Hitler to recommence the Z plan as early as possible, stating that the use of powerful warships in raiding rolls can deprive Germany’s enemies of the resources needed to wage war. Hitler nods in agreement but states that at this point in time the army, airforce and the u-boats must get priority. With reluctance Raeder agrees but in a parting comment states that those who control the sea will ultimately control the fate of Europe.

10-05-1940: Germany commences a massive coordinated attack against allied forces. The focus of this offensive appears to be Norway and the Low Countries while the Allies are preoccupied with the attacks through Holland and Belgium the powerful German Army Group A is quietly moving through the Ardennes completely circumventing the French Maginot Line. Caught unprepared the allies rush forces to the German penetrations, unknowingly opening the rest of France to German conquest.

14-05-1940: After heavy air attacks and numerous paratroops drops the Dutch surrender to the Germans. The French seventh army attempts to intervene but is repulsed by the Germans. German Army Group A having penetrated Ardennes quickly captures crossing points at the Meuse River and march for the sea trapping the British Expeditionary Force and the French First Army between itself and Army Group B.

27-05-1940: After a brutal 13-day campaign the Anglo-French forces have either been destroyed or forced to surrender after being trapped and encircled by the German armies in sight of the sea at Dunkirk. In all 250,000 men were taken prisoner with about another 180,000 killed in the worst military disaster since the American Civil war.

28-05-1940: The Belgium army completely cut off from its allies, surrenders before it to is destroyed in place like the Anglo-French force the day before.

05-06-1940; After a weeks break to consolidate it’s positions German Army Groups A and B attack south and while the French put up spirited resistance their lines are soon broken and the Germans continue their drive south and the conquest of France.

10-06-1940; Italy declares war on France and England. Mussolini immediately orders his army in Africa to move against Egypt while smaller forces move to attack the French southern flank. The Italian fleet sorties to engage the Allied fleets in the Mediterranean as well as preventing the French from evacuating their forces in France to their North African colonies.

16-06-1940: The French Premier Reynaud and his government resign and Marshall Petain becomes Premier.

17-06-1940: France offers an armistice to Germany which is refused by Hitler as he now sees the chance to solve all of Germany’s economic problems by annexing France entirely.
The British Prime Minister Lord Beaverbrook on hearing of Hitler’s refusal orders Air Chief Marshall Dowding to commence massive air attacks against German forces in France and on German industry supplying the war effort in Germany itself. In explaining himself to Dowding, Lord Beaverbrook says we need a victory, any victory to enable us to negotiate from a position of strength.

07-07-1940: Reichs Minister Rudolf Hess and Albert Speer are meeting with Adolf Hitler. Both of these men have been greatly disturbed by the inadequate main armament on the panzers and the difficulty of this gun to penetrate the newer British and French tanks. In a meeting lasting more than two hours Hitler finally agrees with Hess and appoints Speer Reich Armaments Minister. His first action is to speed up the development of the Tiger tank and to have the engineers of the panzers IV program redesign the turret to fit the powerful 88mm L 56 gun.

22-08-1940: For over two months the French have fought the Germans and the Italians with the assistance of the Royal Navy and the RAF. Even though they have put up a spirited fight the French have been forced into a pocket centred on the port city of Marseilles. The only hope for the French is evacuation by sea but this is unlikely as the Italians, though they have suffered serious losses to their surface fleet, have prevented the Royal and French navies from assisting in any formal evacuation.
The British and French efforts in the air have had minor successes in delaying the German army and disrupting their supply lines. The cost however has been the virtual extermination of the French airforce and the British have lost over 2500 fighters and 1000 bombers to the Luftwaffe’s 1200 losses.

23-08-1940: Seeing that the war is lost Marshall Petain offers Hitler France’s unconditional surrender. In his last act as Premier before becoming a prisoner of war, Marshall Petain cedes the remaining French naval units to Britain in payment for the assistance in Frances defence.

25-08-1940: After the disastrous French campaign Lord Beaverbrook has a private meeting with Sir Oswald Mosley. He asks him to make an informal approach to the Germans through the Portuguese in Lisbon. Sir Oswald’s instructions are simple. He is to cut the best deal possible with the Germans at the least possible cost to the British. To assist in the negotiations Lord Beaverbrook states that England will increase it’s military actions in North Africa and South Eastern Europe to keep the Germans fully occupied and to show a public position of strength.

01-09-1940: After accepting the unconditional surrender of France, Hitler decides to formally annex France and creates two new German states of Normandy and Marcillia.
New laws are passed banning the teaching, printing, broadcasting and use of the French language in any official or public domain. In essence German is now the official language in the new German states. In the other conquered countries while they are still allowed to use their own languages German is now the official second language and must be taught in all schools.

10-09-1940: After three months of failure in the North African desert, Mussolini finally swallows his pride as asks Hitler for help. In response Hitler replies that at present he has no forces to deploy as those forces he has are either fighting the British in Greece and the Slavs they have agitated in Balkan’s or suppressing the last of the resistance in what was formally France. Hitler does promise that he will send significant assistance before the end of the year.

30-09-1940: Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop meets with Sir Oswald Mosley in Lisbon, Portugal. For several days they discuss the issues each government has. Having spoken over various points both ministers leave to return to their countries and discuss the matters raised with their leader to see if a compromise can be reached.

05-10-1940: Berlin – Hitler and Foreign Minister Ribbentrop discuss the meeting held in Lisbon and any possible implications if an agreement is reached. Both men believe that peace can be made before the end of the next year, it is only a matter of getting the most compensation from and punishing the British while allowing them to save face from the possibility of a public surrender. Hitler after being quite for sometime informs Ribbentrop that he will order German forces to North Africa, increase those already fighting the British in Greece and will order the Kreigmarine to increase operations in the Atlantic in order to try and force the British to make peace.
London – Lord Beaverbrook and Sir Oswald Mosley are also discussing the meeting their discussions are animated and heated at times. The cusp of the matter is they declared war on Germany and regardless of reasons Germany wants compensation and recognition they were in the right. Sir Oswald Mosley sees that the only way to get peace is to give Hitler what he wants and hopes that the German will be reasonable in their demands. Lord Beaverbrook agrees and adds the he will order the military tempo increased in order to force the Germans to be reasonable and to give Sir Oswald Mosley some leverage in the negotiations.

06-10-1940: Berlin - Hitler meets with Field Marshall Brauchitsch, Reichsmarshall Goering and Admirals Raeder and Donitz. During the meeting Hitler asks his various service chiefs for one last great effort in order to force peace. The Luftwaffe will issue maximum support in Greece and Africa while the army will send a Corps level unit Commanded by Rommel to assist the Italians. Hitler than asks Raeder and Donitz to send five Surface raiders and 150 U-boats into the Atlantic to try and break the British convoy system once and for all. Both Raeder and Donitz state that such an operation will result in most of the naval units being lost, Hitler accepts this statement because he knows it is the truth. In explaining his strategy Hitler states that if successful peace will be restored and with a reinvigorated economy the military build up can resume. In order to ease tensions with his admirals Hitler states that the Z plan will recommence immediately using the captured French facilities. Hitler explains to the other offices present that the surface ships and U-boats take longer to build than panzers and planes.
London - Lord Beaverbrook meets with Air Chief Marshall Dowding, General Montgomery and the First Sea Lord, Admiral Somerville. In a bleak downcast meeting Lord Beaverbrook orders Montgomery to send more troop to Egypt and Greece. Admiral Somerville to protect the convoys at any cost, and Air Chief Marshall Dowding to send whatever remains of the RAF to Egypt to assist the army while what’s left of the Bomber command will assist the navy in keeping the seaways open. In a statement to the officers the Prime Minister states if we fail in all these tasks we’ll have to surrender like the Frenchies, yet if we succeed we should get a reasonable negotiated settle from the Nazis. On that note the officers left for their various commands to issue the appropriate orders.

10-10-1940: At Kiel harbour Hitler watches as the battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz leave to break out into the Atlantic Ocean. Leaving from Wilhelmshaven are the heavy cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and the Prince Eugen. These powerful warships are sent out in a propaganda frenzy created by Goebbels for the peoples benefit, however what wasn’t revealed was the 150 remaining U-boats of the German fleet that had slipped way from their various ports during the previous week.
At the same time the Luftwaffe is sending all it’s remaining Stukas to North Africa to keep the pressure on the British until Rommel’s Afrika Corps starts to arrive at the end of the month.

11-10-1940: Portsmouth dusk – A massive fleet is departing for North Africa and Greece on the docks watching the ships leave Lord Beaverbrook and Minister Mosley watch the ships depart. After a few minutes Sir Oswald turns to Lord Beaverbrook and says this is an enormous risk, we have stripped the Home Fleet of most of its heavy ships to escort the troop ships to Africa. Lord Beaverbrook waves at another departing ship and says everything in life is a risk. He pauses and then adds, even if the Germans break out into the Atlantic the damage they do won’t have much effect. We have enough food and supplies for ten months but regardless of the outcome of these actions we will have peace by the end of July. With this comment Lord Beaverbrook walks to his waiting car and leaves. Sir Oswald remains for a while and thinks of the sort of concession Briton might have to make to gain peace, the conclusion he reaches si that whatever he concedes it wont be good for Briton or her reputation. With thought he also turns and walks slowly to his car.

16-10-1940: In a quirk of fate both the Italian fleet with massive air and U-boat support, escorting Rommel’s Afrika Corps transports and the British fleet escorting their transports meet in the middle to the Mediterranean, both sides half way to their destinations. After the battle, which was a technical victory to the British forces, both fleets continue to their destinations. For the Germans, they have lost 12 U-boats and 150 aircraft while the Afrika Corps has lost a third of its strength but luckily the transports with the panzers and supplies are mostly intact. The Italians came out the worst of the combatants; it lost over a 100 aircraft but what was worse was the destruction of the rest of its fleet. All that remains of this once proud navy is a single cruiser and 7 destroyers. The British forces had mixed news; they lost 2 battleships, 3 cruisers and an aircraft carrier out of a fleet of warships numbering nearly 100. The reason for the relatively light losses among the warships was the Luftwaffe’s instructions to first attack the British Troops ships and protect the German ones. This order they achieved at heavy cost, for the British lost 62 of the 87 troop ships destined for Greece and Egypt and the constant attacks prevented most of the British fleet from concentrating their fire on the German ones.

22-10-1940: “Convoy Catastrophe” cry the headlines in Canada and North America.
Bill Donovan reads the contents as he heads to the White House to meet with his old friend FDR. As he reads Bill shakes his head, the article says ‘It appears that the Germans have at least five powerful cruisers with massive U-boat support in the Atlantic with only one goal in mind to destroy any supplies getting to Europe. And what, asks the editor is England doing about it? The answer is nothing, most of it’s ships are in the Mediterranean supporting their forces in Egypt and Greece while Canadian and Neutral ships are sunk by the score.’ Bill stops reading at this point and shaking his head again, and asks how can I ask FDR to intervene if England won’t even help themselves.
At the White House FDR and Donovan speak of the European troubles after a while FDR says sorry Bill but I’m not going to enter a war that is already lost especially with the elections just around the corner. After a moments pause, FDR, adds the best I can do is host peace talks and try to make the best of them.
As he leaves Bill sees both the German and British Ambassadors drive through the gate and knows that regardless of what happens with these talks Germany will come out the victor.

Nice work syphon

Part Two

30-10-1940: In coordinated attacks in both Egypt and Greece, Germany and her allies throw themselves at the British positions. In Greece the tactic is successful with Kluges’ Forth Army smashing a massive breach in the British lines and encircling the British forces. Although the Royal Navy and aircraft from Crete offer massive support, British land forces are overwhelmed and forced to surrender.
In Egypt, the German and Italians have been fought to a bloody stand still. Unknown to the Germans, after the losses suffered on the 16th, the British brought in nearly 500,000 light infantry from India. Although these colonial troops were under equipped and short on training, General Montgomery threw wave after wave at the Afrika Corps. General Rommel faced with 20 to 1 odds continued to advance into Egypt despite massive casualties from attacks from air, sea and land. His reasoning however was sound, knowing his government wouldn’t agree to his withdrawal to defensible positions, Rommel decided to advance to them instead. In this way he could show progress at the same time as developing a sound defensive position to repel the superior numbers the British were thowing at him.

01-11-1940: Reichs Armaments Minister Albert Speer is at the Krupp-Grusonwerke AG factory to watch the first of the panzers IV armed with the powerful 88mm L 56 gun. With him is a film crew from the propaganda ministry to show the volk the power of the Reich. As the first panzer rolls off the production line, Speer is already thinking about asking the Fuhrer himself to be at the Henschel GmbH factory to see the first of Tigers roll off the assembly line.

05-11-1940: Meeting again in Lisbon, Portugal, Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Sir Oswald Mosley discuss the issues each government has. The negotiations go on for several weeks, with each having spoken over various points with their leaders to see if a compromise can be reached. Both men finally leave to present the agreements to their governments. For the first time in over a year both men know that in their hands is a document that both their leaders can agree to.

28-11-1940: Berlin – Hitler and Foreign Minister Ribbentrop discuss the meeting held in Lisbon and agree that it is the best possible agreement that could be reached. After some thought Hitler asks Foreign Minister Ribbentrop to contact the British and propose a joint announcement of the armistice in Lisbon, on the third of December followed by a formal signing of the peace treaty by both leaders on the fifteenth.
London – Lord Beaverbrook and Sir Oswald Mosley are also discussing the meeting. Their discussions on the agreement are sombre. After much thought Lord Beaverbrook says to Sir Oswald, you know we have no real choice here, we either betray our friends or keep most of the empire, or we can continue the fight and suffer the same fate as the French. With a nod Sir Oswald agrees and with that nod came an end to the European war. On receiving the German proposal for the armistice announcement, Sir Oswald and Lord Beaverbrook agree to that without reservations, as both men just want to get this conflict over with and commence the rebuilding.

03-12-1940: Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Sir Oswald Mosley announce the Treaty of Lisbon, in Portugal. Both men outline the treaty to the world’s press.
The Treaties terms are as follows:
1. Germany gets all the overseas colonies of the conquered European countries, which includes Greenland, as well as the return of the former German colonies taken from her by the Treaty of Versailles.
2. Germany retains possession of any conquered territory with the exception of Low Countries and Norway. These countries will retain their independence but have to sign up to the European union and allow German military forces to be based in their countries.
3. Britain will cede Northern Ireland to the Irish Republic who will join the EU on the same terms as section 2. Britain will also cede the Falkland Islands and the Island chain in the Indian Ocean, including the deepwater port of Diego Garcia.
4. All remaining naval vessels of the French are to be turned over to Germany.
5. Germany will make no further territorial demands and will not interfere with the neutral countries of Europe.
6. Both Britain and Germany agree to cooperate on matters of mutual defence and will sign a mutual defence pact and a non-aggression treaty.
7. Both countries reserve the right to respond to military attacks by any means available.
8. As payment for damage caused, Britain agrees to remuneration to the sum of 500,000,000 Pounds, which may be paid in currency or in kind upon agreement of both parties.
9. German inspectors will supervise any poison gas stockpiles by the British and any new military programs that may be deemed a threat to the Greater Germany Reich.
10. Italy will get back its conquered African colonies as well Greece and French Syria.
11. If any dispute should arise over the Treaty of Lisbon, The German language version will be used for authentication.
After the joint announcement the press corps stood speechless, as the two foreign ministers left an American journalist named Ed Murrow shouted “Mosley you left out that Britain ceded freedom to the Germans too”. As a ripple of laughter spread amongst the assembled journalists many thought that Ed Murrow was in fact right.

15-12-1940: The German Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler and the British Prime Minister, Lord Beaverbrook sign the Treaty of Lisbon, witnessed by the Portuguese President Salazar.
With this done the European War formally comes to a close.

16-12-1940: Rommel’s Afrika Corps having withdrawn from Egypt over the past fortnight rolls into French North Africa. The French colonists put up a spirited but ultimately futile defence. Cut off from resupply and from any outside assistance the French colonists who remain and fight are crushed. Others seeing how futile resistance is either flee into the deserts or surrender to the Germans in the hope of becoming valued citizens of the Greater German Reich.

31-12-1940: Hitler and Hess are talking quietly in the study while the party goes on all around them. The topic of discussion is the future of the Reich. Now that there is peace, the German economy is exploding, with exports to the vassal states of western Europe booming and resources flowing in from the colonies. During the discussions Hitler mentions the jet fighter Messerschmitt is developing, intrigued but this new aircraft Hess suggests that Armaments Minister Albert Speer keep a close eye on the project as this could give Germany a decisive edge over any other potential enemies. Hitler agrees and says he will inform Speer in the New Year. With that both men get up and rejoin the party.

02-01-1941: The Reichs Armaments Minister, Albert Speer after speaking with Hitler investigates the jet fighter that Messerschmitt is developing, after consultations with both Messerschmitt and BMW find out what problems the program is having. When he is told that the engines are not producing the thrust required, he enquires what sort of assistance they would need the BMW representative says well the British have a Group Captain named Fred Hipple and he was the man who first built a jet engine. Speer thinks for a moment and says I will speak to the Fuhrer and see what we can arrange.

07-01-1941: After secret negotiations, the Germans and England start the first examples of military cooperation. All German naval vessels will be fitted in turn with radar, in British ports. Secondly Group Captain Hipple will be seconded to the German jet program for a period on no less than two years unless he is released by mutual consent.
Thirdly the top British and German nuclear physicists along with many of the leading European ones will form a research program in Amsterdam to develop useful products from this new field.

17-01-1941: Stalin, The General Secretary of the Soviet Union, views the growing association between Germany and Britain with suspicion. He gets the Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, to propose a joint Soviet-Japanese mutual cooperation agreement.

01-02-1941: After several weeks of discussions, the Soviet-Japanese mutual cooperation agreement is in place. The first action of this agreement is the setting up of manufacturing site in the port city of Vladivostok. This is done by Mitsubishi industries of Japan. The first project is for a high-speed fighter.

15-02-1941: A victorious Rommel returns to a hero’s welcome in Berlin. For his actions in the war in Egypt and the conquest of the African colonies of Holland, Belgium and France, Hitler promotes Rommel to Field Marshall and gives him a command of Army Group A in Eastern Europe.

03-03-1941: FDR and Bill Donovan are discussing the latest developments in Europe and Asia. Both men are pleased that the European War is over while neither is pleased with the outcome nor can they object to the increased trade with the EU, Germany and Britain.
Because the war destroyed more than a years worth of European crops, agricultural exports from North America have reached an all time high and the income generated from this trade is speeding the recovery of American farm belt from the depression. The only down side is with the growing strength of the dollar is that German industry are selling all forms of equipment to the American consumers cheaper than what the American industry can produce them for.

23-03-1941: The first prototype of the Tiger heavy panzer is produced by Henschel and is shipped to Rommel’s Army Group A for field testing and evaluation. During the course of the test program several faults are discovered and reported to the Henschel engineers.
After studying the report several major changes are made to the design, delaying the production of this new panzer by six months.

18-04-1941: The ME 262 jet airframe flies for the first time using radial piston engines.
As the aircraft takes off Group Captain Hipple watches and makes some notes in his head, after the aircraft has disappeared from sight Hipple returns to the BMW jet engine factory to see what progress can be made to get the BMW 003 engine up to specifications.

29-04-1941: The Soviet-Japanese high-speed fighter project has built its first prototype. Mitsubishi industries, the chief contractor in the project, has developed this fighter from existing plans based on an enlarged Zero. This fighter development simply call project 1 has produces an aircraft with twice the engine power of the Zero and a third more in range.

09-05-1941: With a break through in the redesign, Fred Hipple gets the BMW 003 jet engine to its promised thrust level. After demonstrating to Messerschmitt the engine performance BMW is told to produce 10 engines to be fitted to the Me262 airframe for test and evaluation.

15-05-1941: Admirals Raeder and Donitz are at Berchtesgaden to discuss increasing the Z plan with Hitler. Eleven months after recommencement of the Z plan Germany have 50 capital ships and 100 U-boats under construction. After many hours of discussions between the admirals and Adolf Hitler it is decided to increase the number of aircraft carriers to 15 and the battleship numbers to 30. For the U-boats it is decided that gradual construction will continue until the under water fleet reaches 400. At current production rates this number will be achieved in six years with the surface fleet being ready two years later.

30-05-1941: Lord Beaverbrook and Adolf Hitler meet in London to discuss various matters. The first item on the agenda is Britain’s failure to make the first remuneration payment. Lord Beaverbrook expecting to be asked already has a proposal to place before Hitler. The proposal is simple; Britain will make payment in kind by supplying Germany with 200 million tons of crude oil every year for the next ten years from their Arabian reserves. After a short pause for thought Hitler agrees. The second item on the agenda is the assistance provided by Group Captain Hipple. After an hours discussion it is agreed that after the Me 262 is operating under jet power which is scheduled in a few months, Group Captain Hipple will be released and sent back to Britain to develop the next generation of jet engine. To sweeten the deal Hitler offers to finance the program as long as the engines developed are compatible with future German and European airframes.

16-06-1941: The American oil embargo and the effect it is having on both Japans military and the economy as a whole gravely concern General Tojo. After a brief discussion with his cabinet it is decided to send Shigenori Togo, the Japanese Foreign Minister to the USSR to expand the Soviet-Japanese mutual cooperation agreement to include a massive trade agreement which will supply all of Japans current food and fuel needs. The USSR in return will be offered greater access to Japanese industrial expansion and technology.

06-07-1941: The first shipment of Soviet oil is sent to Japan. As payment Japan will allow two thirds of the production of the new SJ1 fighter to go to the Soviet Union. Other joint initiatives are to allow Japanese naval ships to refuel at Soviet ports and Japanese assistance in exploiting the mineral resources of Siberia. The Soviet-Japanese mutual cooperation agreement is now very much favouring the Soviet Union as Japan is expending more money and technology assisting the USSR while in return Japan now has a steady flow of oil, food and resources to allow its continual industrial growth.

12-07-1941: In Amsterdam, the German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler is at hand to see the unloading of the first shipment of crude oil from the British. After the unloading the Fuhrer smiles and them seems to stumble and collapse to the ground. Hitler is rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment and evaluation.

13-07-1941: Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, announces to the world press that Adolf Hitler has had a mild stroke and is under the medical care of Professor Anton Ziegler, the chief of neurosurgery at Berlin’s main hospital. At the end of the speech Goebbels announces that during the Fuhrer’s recovery Reich Minister Hess will run the day to day business of the Reich.

14-07-1941: In a meeting of all the senior officials of the Reich, Reich Minister Hess states that we cannot allow the perception of weakness due to the ill health of the Fuhrer.
Reich Minister Hess then announces that commencing immediately all available ships of the Reich will commence an around the world cruise demonstrating the power of the Reich. He also announces that construction and deployment of the Me262 jet fighter and the Tiger main battle panzer will commence as soon as their development is complete.

16-07-1941: Joseph Stalin, The General Secretary of the Soviet Union considers launching an immediate attack on Germany to take advantage of the political instability. However after consultations with Marshal Georgi Zhukov it is decided that Germany is to strong and at a heightened state of alert, to dangerous to attack. So with great reluctance Stalin decides to wait for another opportunity to crush the fascist dogs.

18-07-1941: The Me262 jet fighter flies under jet power for the first time. Watching are Reich Minister Hess, Group Captain Fred Hipple, Armaments Minister Albert Speer, Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering, his deputy Erhard Milch and a variety of Messerschmitt and BMW officials. After an awe-inspiring demonstration by Adolf Galland, Reich Minister Hess orders construction to commence immediately of the Me 262.

Part Three

19-07-1941: Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering meets with by Adolf Galland and praises him to the sky over the demonstration yesterday. At the end of the meeting Goering announces that Galland will command the first Me 262 fighter Gruppen (wing) which will compose of 5 staffeln (squadrons) of 20 aircraft each. On leaving Adolf Galland is over the moon, he has just been given command of the best fighter gruppen in the world.

01-08-1941: The first Me 262 jet fighter rolls off the production line at the Messerschmitt factory. These aircraft will be produced at the rate of two every day until all fighter staffeln are jet propelled or until the government decides to raise or lower the construction rate. Over at the BMW engine factory production of the jet engines will continue around the clock to ensure supply of the engines and replacement parts to the Luftwaffe.

02-08-1941: After a fortnight of rapid planning Admirals Raeder and Donitz announce to Reich Minister Hess that the Kreigmarine now has a 30 strong fleet ready to sail.
This fleet consists of 2 Fuhrer class super battleships, 6 Scharnhorst class battle cruisers, 12 Hipper class heavy cruisers and 2 aircraft carriers. Added to these German ships are the 8 remaining former French cruisers. The plan is purely a display of force so the fleet is leaving without any destroyers or frigates to act as escorts. Reich Minister Hess approves the plan and states that both he and the Fuhrer will be at Kiel harbour to watch the ships depart in two days time.

04-08-1941: The Fuhrer and Minister Hess watch the pride of the German fleet leave for it’s around the world journey. The event is recorded and shown all round the Reich with Propaganda Minister Goebbels announcing that the Fuhrer is well on the way to recovery and is now able to carry out light duties. In reality Hitler’s recovery is expected to be slow and he might never able to return to duty.

05-08-1941: After seeing Hitler on the news reels, Joseph Stalin, The General Secretary of the Soviet Union considers launching an attack on Finland to test Germany’s resolve. He summons Marshal Georgi Zhukov and after several hours of discussions it is decided the USSR will launch an attack against Finland starting on the third of February next year. Marshal Zhukov leaves to start making the plans for the invasion and to position the troops over a lengthy time to try to camouflage the build up of forces.

12-08-1941: In a meeting with FDR, Bill Donavan expresses his concerns about the American economy. FDR considers his comments for a moment and states that he believes that the economy, after a war-fuelled recovery is heading back into recession.
Bill straightens in alarm at this comment and asks how can this be happening. With a sigh FDR says the European war allowed us to put people back to work and to sell food to the Europeans. Now however the Europeans have had their first harvest since peace was declared, the EU and Axis countries along with Britain are buying from Germany what they use to get from us and the Germans are using slave labour to under cut our industries. FDR has a slight pause and then continues our embargo on Japan has also backfired with the Japs turning to the Russians for fuel and resources. Al we have left to trade with are the Americas, the pacific and Asian states. There is a period of silence while both men think, then FDR states that he is going to implement trade tariffs and quotas to try and force a more equitable trade agreement from the Europeans.

01-09-1941: The EU Ministers issue a joint statement of protest on behalf of all the member states to the USA’s decision to impose greater tariffs and quotas on European goods. At the end of the statement the ministers announce that the EU will mirror image the US’s tariffs and quotas and will impose them on all products from the US.

06-09-1941: Admiral King, Chief of the staff of the US navy, watches the German ships leave San Francisco harbour. While he inspected the German ships in port he was impressed by the quality of some of the ships, especially the Fuhrer class, super battleships. The aircraft carriers were another matter and not worth worrying about. He decides that with the Japanese having the Yamoto class battleships and the German Fuhrer class the US must built a similar sized ship to counter these possible threats. Looking once more at the German carriers he shakes his head and walks away. What he doesn’t know is that the Gestapo got the plans for the US’s Essex class carriers in October last year and all the new German carries under construction are being built to these plans with German modifications to the original designs.

12-09-1941: Lord Beaverbrook announces to the world that Great Britain has decided to enter the EU. His announcement is followed in the following weeks by Sweden, Finland, Spain, Italy and the other Axis nations.

18-09-1941: The Dutch chairman of the EU formally welcomes the new countries to the EU and then offers a seat to Turkey should they wish to join.

20-09-1941: Generalleutnant Adolf Galland inspects the first operational Me 262, fighter staffeln, as he carries out the inspection he looks over to the other staffeln that will from his Gruppen. At present he has two other staffeln at half strength with the rest of his aircraft due to be delivered by the end of the year. When his Gruppen is ready to be declared operational, Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering will officially open the new Luftwaffe base just outside the city of Warsaw.

25-09-1941: After much delay the Tiger heavy panzer starts production. To see the first Panzer roll off their production line are The Fuhrer with Minister Hess in close attendance, Propaganda Minister Goebbels, Field Marshalls Brauchitsch and Rommel and Reich Armaments Minister Speer. In a meeting after the event Hess and Speer talk about the relative strength of the Reich. After about two hours it is decided the all programs will continue at their current rates while research and development programs will be increased.

30-09-1941: General Walter Dornberger and his technical director Wernher von Braum have just come from a meeting with Reich Armaments Minister, Albert Speer. Both men are walking on air as they have just been given a massive funding boost for their rocket program. It is hoped that with the increased funding the A4 might fly before the middle of next year.

03-10-1941: Field Marshall Erwin Rommel is inspecting his Army Group. Army Group A consists of 5 Panzer, 5 Panzergrenadier and 5 infantry divisions. As Rommel is driven from one panzer division to another he notices a sprinkling of the new Tiger heavy panzers among the up gunned mark IV’s. On seeing this he makes a note for himself to see how many of these powerful panzers are now under his command and how many more he can get for his units.

04-10-1941: The German high seas fleet is now in Japan showing the flag. The Japanese Prime Minister, General Tojo on seeing the German Fuhrer class battleships orders a new design of even bigger Japanese battleships to counter the German ones.

15-10-1941: The German high seas fleet is now in now in Fremantle, Australia, after having checked on their colonies off the Australian northern and western coasts. The Australian sailors look on in envy as they watch the German fleet arrive. Their envy is twofold. Firstly they know that their government will never build ships like these and secondly the only thing all the single women in Fremantle have been talking about since the Germans were sighted off New Guinea has been their only Australian port visit. All the women plan to show the Germans the sites of Western Australia and a really good time.

25-10-1941: The Germans have now reached Cape Town in South Africa, as the Flag ship docks it is met by Kurt Vorster, the new South African Prime Minister. Gross admiral Axel von Hohendorf salutes the Prime Minister and takes him on a personal tour of the ship. The Germans will lay over in Cape Town for two weeks before heading onto the Falkland Islands.

28-10-1941: The Soviet military build up continues in western Russia along the Finish border. Marshal Zhukov meets with Stalin and expresses his concern over Finland’s joining of the EU. Stalin mumbles to himself and than says the fascist dogs and the imperialists will not interfere on Finland’s behalf. After all we have agreements with the fascist dogs and the imperialists are to concerned trying to save what remains of their empire. Marshal Zhukov knowing that to argue further might result in his death agrees with Stalin and returns to the planning staff.

30-10-1941: On the Finish - Soviet border leutnant Urho Kekkonen a platoon leader, in one of Finland’s few panzer battalions is using the main sight of his new German built panzer IV when he sees something out of the ordinary. After having the panzer manoeuvre for a better look he sees a dozen Soviet T34’s hiding in trees just east of the Finish border. In surprise he shouts “now what have we got here” and indicates to his gunner to look out the sight. After his gunner confirms the presence of the T34’s Urho orders his driver to head back to the base so Urho can make his report in person. By the end of the day the Finish government has informed Germany, Great Britain all the other EU members of the Soviet build up.

31-10-1941: The Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov denies that the Soviet Union is planning another invasion of Finland. Instead he states that the units seen by the Finish Army were merely taking part in training manoeuvres and that Finland has over reacted to these units positions. Although nobody really believes him, the world accepts this denial while increasing the readiness of their own armed forces.

03-11-1941: Generalleutnant Adolf Galland now has three operational Me 262, fighter staffeln, with the other two staffeln that will from his Gruppen being at a third of their strength. He is not surprised when he hears that Me262 production is being stepped up. After what the Russians just tried, claiming their forces were on training manoeuvres less than a hundred metres from a neighbours border.

04-11-1941: The Reich Armaments Minister, Albert Speer after speaking with Hitler and Hess orders increased production of all military equipment. He also asks the army how it is going with the design for the E100 super heavy panzer and a refined Tiger design.

05-11-1941: Joseph Stalin seeing the EU gearing up production, has the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov negotiate a trade treaty with the United States of America.
With the agreement in place the USSR will buy thousands of trucks, machine tools, food, material and any other items that the USSR might need. This will enable the USSR to redirect its production to military important items like planes, tanks and artillery.

25-11-1941:The first shipment of trade goods from the USA arrives in the Soviet port of Vladivostok. The shipment includes trucks, tractors, machine tools and cereal grains.

28-11-1941: FRD and Bill Donavan are discussing the trade agreement with the USSR. Bill states that he doesn’t think it is a good idea, as everyone knows that the Soviets are gearing up for war and now we are supplying a large portion of the manufactured goods that they need. FDR nods in agreement but adds we have no choice Bill we need markets to sell our goods to and with Europe more or less closed to us and our embargoes against Japan we can’t be too choosey to whom we sell.

29-11-1941: Brazil announces a new trade agreement with Germany. In exchange for most favoured nation status and the chance to buy top of the line military equipment Brazil will sell to Germany all the resources that it might need. This announcement appals the USA as yet another country in South America is drifting closer to Germany and its totalitarian regime.

06-12-1941: It has now been 14 months since the Z plan was recommenced and the former French dockyards are swarming with activity as dozens of ships are being built.
The French citizens of these towns are not happy with their new German citizenship but at lease they have work in their own towns and didn’t have to travel to Germany to find employment. Since the surrender there have been many acts of terror committed against Germans the price however has been high with the Gestapo carrying out wholesale arrests after every attack. Few of those who were arrested ever return and those who do tell horror stories of their treatment. The overall effect of the mass arrests have had their desired effect, few French people now help the marquis for fear of Gestapo reprisals.

07-12-1941: Stalin and General Tojo meet in Vladivostok. With war looming Stalin makes the Japanese an extraordinary offer. In exchange for increased production from the Japanese factories in Vladivostok Stalin will licence the Japanese to build the T34 tanks with the production being split between the USSR and Japan. After considering the offer Tojo agrees with some added incentives. The USSR will increase the supply of oil to Japan and because of increasing manpower issues political prisoners will be forces to work in the growing number of factories around the clock.

12-12-1941: Japan has not been idle in the ten months since the Soviet – Japanese agreement was reached. Plans for an enlarged Yamoto class battleship have been drawn up and are in the final design stage while the SJ1 fighter has completely replaced the Zero fighter in production with only spare parts now being produced for the Zero.

13-12-1941: The German High seas fleet finally returns to Germany after it’s around the world tour. The arrival of the fleet coincides with the first shipment of rubber and other resources from Brazil.

14-12-1941: Finland concerned with the increasing build up of Soviet forces on their border petitions the EU and Germany to send military forces. The Dutch chairman of the EU responds to the Finish request by calling a full meeting of the EU next week to discuss this matter. Concerned that help might arrive too late the Finns place an order for two complete Tiger divisions and three squadrons of Me262 fighters.

15-12-1941: On advice from Minister Hess, Reichminister Speer approves the sale of the military equipment to Finland. This equipment will start being delivered immediately however due to it’s size and current production rates all the equipment won’t be delivered until early March. Speer concerned with the current political developments decides that it might be advisable to increase production of military equipment. After a quick meeting with Hitler and Hess it is decided to increase production by twenty percent.

23-12-1941: During a heated meeting with the EU council, Finland pleads for help from the perceived Soviet aggression. After a long debate it is agreed that a multi national force from all the EU countries lead by the German General Manstein will deploy to Finland. As a show of solidarity all the forces will be drawn from Scandinavia and the European Low Countries with British and German logistical support.

25-12-1941: On hearing of the EU’s plans, the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov issues a warning to the EU over it’s blatant military build up in Finland. In essence he warns the EU that any attack on the USSR will be matched with attacks on any neighbouring EU members.

28-12-1941: Generalleutnant Adolf Galland now has his entire Gruppen operational. During the opening ceremony, Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering announces that Galland is being promoted to Generaloberst and will command the first jet fighter Jadgeschwadern (fighter group). Also announced is that two more Gruppen will be based at Richthofen Air Base. The commanders of the Gruppen will be Generalleutnants, Josef Kammhuber, Werner Molders and Helmuth Wick.

29-12-1941: In a secret meeting Minister Hess and SS Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich discuss the Fuhrer’s health and the political dimensions should he die. After meeting for most of the day both men agree that Hitler should remain Fuhrer even if only as a figurehead with most of the decisions coming from Hess and Heydrich. Hitler’s personal physician is informed that he must do everything to keep the Fuhrer alive to serve the Greater German Reich.

31-12-1941: Field Marshall Erwin Rommel is doing paperwork in his Army Group headquarters. Around lunchtime his adjutant brings him an urgent message from Berlin.
The message is simple and to the point. It states that Army Group A will be increased in strength to thirty divisions over the next 12 months. Also mentioned is the movement of Army Group B, which will also have thirty divisions from eastern Germany to Romania.
As a footnote Rommel reads that within the next month his army group will receive three further panzer divisions make up entirely of the Tiger heavy panzer and two Panzergrenadier divisions.
Rommel smiles at this news as the additional Tiger panzers will bring his units to a 50 % mix of Tigers and mark IV’s.

02-01-1942: Army Group B under the command Field Marshall Ernst Busch has commenced its move to Romania. Army Group B that consists of 7 Panzer, 8 Panzergrenadier and 7 infantry divisions is scheduled to arrive in Romania on the 28th of January.

09-01-1942: In Vladivostok the first of the Japanese built T34’s has rolled off the production line. Both General Tojo and Stalin are pleased with the news especially when they were informed that production would run at the rate of ten per day.

15-01-1942: At Kiel harbour the first large German fleet carrier the “Long Knife” is finally taking form. An enlarged Essex class carrier it is about 20,000 tons heavier than the American carrier, it is powered by four geared steam turbines delivering 160,000 shp.
Armed only with anti-aircraft weapons these carriers will need to be protected by its escorts. The “Long Knife” displaces 45,000 tons and carries 120 aircraft, which will consist of 60 fighters and 30 each of torpedo and dive-bombers.

23-01-1942: Admiral Yamamoto sits on his office in Tokyo downstairs from General Tojo’s. In it he contemplated the path his government is heading down. While pleased that his plan for a surprise attack on the American base at Pearl Harbour has been postponed indefinitely he is less pleased that his government might be drawn into the coming war between the EU and the USSR. Studying his available ships he frowns that his government have not built more carriers. As he studies his forces he wonders how he can keep the Americans at bay with only twelve carriers. In the end he sighs and makes a note for him to make sure the American carriers are targeted first when his government finally decides to go to war. The last thing he does before he heads home is to make sure the eight carriers under construction are on schedule and how he could increase the construction rate.

25-01-1942: Field Marshall Ernst Busch’s Army Group B has arrived in Romania three days early. Army Group B now consists of 9 Panzer, 8 Panzergrenadier and 7 infantry divisions. Field Marshall Busch studies his secret orders, if the USSR attacks Finland he is to strike south with his army group to seise the Trans-Caucasus and Baku oil fields.

28-01-1942: Field Marshall Rommel reads his operation orders in the advent of war. He is to strike east avoiding the major towns and cities and then launch a coordinated attack on Moscow. To do this he will have 8 Panzer, 7 Panzergrenadier and 5 infantry divisions.
On reading further he notes that five other independent corps level units will be following Army Group A to relieve or reinforce as required.

29-01-1942: Generaloberst Adolf Galland now has his entire Jadgeschwadern (fighter group) operational. He now has 15 Me262 staffeln at Richthofen Air Base. Meeting with the commanders of his Gruppens, Generalleutnants, Josef Kammhuber, Werner Molders and Helmuth Wick, Generaloberst Galland advises them that war with the Soviets should now be considered likely. As such he says we have to achieve and maintain air superiority over the Soviets to allow our ground forces to achieve victory. Before ending the meeting so his commanders can get back to their own commands to brief their officers, Galland says we can expect to get a lot of transient units passing through this base as nearly the whole of the Luftwaffe is deploying to the east to fight the Soviets.

30-01-1942: The Finish - Soviet border, Kaptain Urho Kekkonen with his company of Tiger Panzers watches the Soviets through the sight of his panzer. Seeing the massive build up he informs his battalion commander that the Soviets will attack any day now.
With regret his commander agrees and on forwards the report to Helsinki.

31-01-1942: Field Marshall’s Rommel, Busch and Brauchitsch, the German army chief of staff meet along with Generaloberst Galland and SS Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich. The meeting is to finalise the Euro-Axis Alliance’s war plan should the Soviets attack. The plan Field Marshall Brauchitsch has come up with is a good one. No Euro-Axis forces will attack instead all will fight retrograde operations from prepared along the whole soviet border. Field Marshall Brauchitsch reasoning for this type of conflict is simple, the Soviets outnumber the Euro- Axis Alliance by nearly 10 to 1 so he says we’ll bleed them white in the first months of the war. Then we’ll launch a massive counter attack at their weakest point in the hope of breaking one of our army groups into their rear. If we achieve this goal we should be able to force the Soviets into a general retreat and then we’ll chase them all the way to the Urals. All the senior officers smile at this comment and then leave for their respective commands to prepare for the imminent war.

01-02-1942: Marshal Zhukov having failed in his attempt to convince Stalin not to attack Finland has devised a grand plan for the conquest of Europe. It only has one problem; nearly 90% of the Soviet Red Army is now deployed on the borders of the Euro-Axis Alliance stretching from the Artic Ocean to the Black Sea. He studies his deployments with care and then sighs, if losses are greater than expected the Soviet Union will have little reserves with which to reinforce or counterattack any breach in the Soviet lines. He sighs again and mutters if only Stalin would see reason and not throw us into a war that could last for years with neither side being able to achieve complete victory.

02-02-1942: The coming of darkness. Two diametrically opposed power blocks stand ready with their military forces at maximum alert. Each side has its strategies and ideology and each are poised to tear into each other at the slightest sign of provocation.
With ground forces moving into position and the naval and airforces poised to act in an instant both sides wait for hostilities to commence.

03-02-1942: The Soviets stage a border incursion by Finish forces into the Soviet Union and use this as an excuse for an attack on the Euro - Axis alliance. In Moscow Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov announces that due to the wanton aggression of the fascists and imperialists the USSR has no other recourse than the use of military force. As he speaks 220 Soviet divisions of the Red Army hurl themselves at the Euro - Axis lines.

04-02-1942: The first battles of the new European war are fought by the soviets, the tactics employed are simple frontal attacks on prepared euro-axis positions although casualties are high on both sides neither side makes any real progress in the first full day of the war.
The only high point of the war to date for the euro-axis is the war in the air. Although the Soviets knew of the Me262 their pilots were unprepared for combat against jet aircraft. The euro-axis has achieved air superiority over large sections of the front with the soviets suffering a 15-1 loss ratio.

05-02-1942: In a hastily convened meeting in America, the ambassadors of the USSR and Euro - Axis alliance meet with FRD and the US Secretary of State. The meeting was called in order to reach a resolution to the European crisis before the war reaches a point where only victory for one of the sides will enable peace to be restored.

07-02-1942: Because of the losses suffered by Soviet forces, Stalin orders all production from the Soviet-Japanese to be redirected to the Red army and not split with the Japanese.
On hearing these orders General Tojo objects strenuously to Stalin about his breach of the of the Soviet-Japanese agreement. The only response he gets from Stalin is that the factories are in the USSR and if General Tojo doesn’t like it he will tear up the agreements and will stop supplying food, fuel and resources to Japan.

08-02-1942: General Tojo considers his options after being betrayed by Stalin. After considerable thought he contacts Admiral Yamamoto and instructs him to get his plan for a surprise attack on the American base at Pearl Harbour up to date and to be prepared to implement it on three months notice. Admiral Yamamoto has his twelve carriers immediately put into dry dock refits. He also checks on the construction the eight carriers under construction and is pleased to find that four more will be ready by the end of the year.

10-02-1942: The Imperial Japanese navy, using shell companies and third party representatives start buying large numbers of merchant ships and passenger liners.
When the representatives of the shell companies are asked what the vessels will be used for, all respond that they are going to be used for overseas trade and to increase the tourist trade in the Pacific Rim.

12-02-1942: After a week of often heated, turbulent discussions both sides refuse to negotiate unless the other leaves the disputed territory. Seeing no chance for a settlement both sides leave Washington DC determined to win. FDR and Bill Donavan sit in the Oval Office and talk about the war and the effects it will have on America. After a couple of hours it is decided that the US will remain neutral while suppling both sides with whatever not military materials they may need. Before leaving Bill turns to FDR and says I don’t believe that this is the course we should take. However it does appear to be the best of a bad situation and the added trade will boost our economy, so that we can build up our military should we be drawn into the war. FDR nods in agreement with this statement and returns to the documents on his desk as Bill leaves to return to his own duties.

13-02-1942: In the first ten days of the war, the soviets have forced the Euro-Axis forces back to their second set of prepared positions. For the Euro-Axis alliance they only have two more defensive positions left in Poland before they are forces back into Germany proper.
With the Soviets coming ever closer, Generaloberst Adolf Galland starts to prepare his Jadgeschwadern (fighter group) to be moved from Richthofen Air Base to disbursement bases behind the last line of defenses in Poland. Generaloberst Galland walks outside for a short break and looks east. As he stands there he wonders why the Euro-Axis ground forces haven’t stopped the Soviets after all his fighter group has brutalised the cream of the Red Airforce and has achieved total air superiority over the entire front.

14-02-1942: In an operation more psychological than strategic a combined fleet of 60 British and German battleships and cruisers with aircraft carriers for air defence bombard Leningrad for three days sending the civilian population into panic. In response the soviets divert much needed aircraft from the forward edge of battle to strike at the combined fleet.

15-02-1942: In a massive air battle the Soviets throw 500 aircraft at the combined British -German fleet. This is the reaction the German High Command had hoped for. In a carefully planned action combining the aircraft from the carriers and half of Generaloberst Galland’s fighter group the Soviet aircraft are engaged by nearly 250 Euro-Axis ones. After a battle lasting nearly an hour the combined British-German fleet lose 3 battleships and 2 cruisers as well as 50 piston and 2 jet powered fighters. The Soviets however lose all but 8 of their aircraft and through this action have conceded air superiority to the Euro-Axis alliance along the entire front.

18-02-1942: Hans Thomsen, the German Ambassador to the United States has a meeting with FDR and his Secretary of State. During the meeting FDR restates the US’s neutrality but states that America will sell food, resources and material that are not war related to any government that has the funds to pay for them. In an attempt to effect the course of the European war, Hans Thomsen agrees to buy hundreds of trucks from America as well as cereal grains and warm fabrics suitable for harsh winter conditions.

19-02-1942: The effects of the lost of most of their air power has resulted in the Soviets being pushed back by local counter attacks across the entire front. Rommel in his headquarters looks over the positions of his forces and thinks he might have the opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the Soviet units preparing to close on his positions. After another look at the maps he decided to contact Field Marshall Brauchitsch and ask for permission to deviate from the general staff’s war plan in order to inflict massive casualties on the Soviets. After studying Rommel’s plan Field Marshall Brauchitsch gives his permission to initiate the operation.

25-02-1942: Stalin sits in his office and fumes about the lack of success of the Red Army as he awaits the arrival of Marshal Zhukov. When Marshal Zhukov arrives Stalin orders a massive attack along the entire front in order to rupture the Euro-Axis lines. Stunned by the order he has just received Marshal Zhukov stands in Stalin’s office and withstands his tirade as he contemplates how to divert Stalin from this path. When Stalin starts to wind down Marshal Zhukov gives Stalin a counter proposal. Starting cautiously Marshal Zhukov proposes that instead of an attack along the entire front, the armies in Poland should be reinforced and given all available air support. This will enable them to punch through the depleted units of Rommels’ Army Group North and then drive through into the heartlands of the fascist dogs. On hearing this Stalin smiles and then says I’m glad I didn’t have you killed for your failures, don’t fail me again. As Marshal Zhukov turns to leave Stalin says Marshal Zhukov you have two months to launch your attack, if you fail to make this timetable I’ll find a general who can. With that warning on his mind Marshal Zhukov leaves to plan the decisive battle of the war.

26-02-1942: At Kiel harbour, Adolf Hitler launches the first large German fleet carrier the “Long Knife”. Although the hull is complete it will be another year before the ship is ready for sea trials. This is the first time the Fuhrer has fulfilled his official duties without the assistance of Minister Hess in close attendance.
Propaganda Minister Goebbels proclaims to the world that the Fuhrer is recovering rapidly from his stroke and is now able to carry out most of his day to day duties.
The truth of the matter is that although the Fuhrer is recovering, his doctors advise Reich Minister Rudolf Hess that he might not get any better then his currant state and it might be advisable to appoint a new Fuhrer. Hess says he understands but given the current situation it would be best to give the impression that the Fuhrer is recovering rapidly and will resume his full duties shortly.

28-02-1942: The German Ambassador to the United States, Hans Thomsen is summoned to the White House. In a meeting with FDR and the Chief of the staff of the US navy, Admiral King, FDR and Admiral King object most strongly to the German Ambassador about the theft of the plans for Essex class carriers. Ambassador Thomsen denies the theft saying that the “Long Knife” was developed independently even though some of the Essex design was included when some of our officers saw how to better improve our design after being invited aboard one of America’s carriers.
FDR accepts the denial even though he knows that it is a lie because he can’t compromise Donavan’s intelligence assets to prove it.
After Ambassador Thomsen leaves FDR asks Admiral King to make sure the design of the new carrier is kept secret this time. Embarrassed, Admiral King leaves to return to the Pentagon and make sure the new plans are safe.

03-03-1942: Rommel is surprised by the lack of action in the previous week. Although there have been reports of Soviet units moving towards Poland, the fighting has slowed to artillery and air battles with the ground forces on both sides using the lessening of activity to make repairs and get reinforcements before the combat heats up again.

Hitler actually denying himself power (the Fuhrer can't meddle in the military)? That seems rather out of character.

Your POD may be a bit off. Churchill wasn't First Lord of the Admiralty in 1929.

Still rather good though dont you think?

*disappears*

Like the Z-Plan. Way too farfetched.

A little to implausable IMHO
 

First up, look here:http://www.courseworkbank.co.uk/coursework/buf_1377/
gives details on the level of support for the BUF. 50 000 at its peak and dwindling fast by 1939. Absolutely no reason why their leader will be included in the National Government.
Second, You don't mention why Operation Dynamo doesn't take place. This wasn't Churchill's idea, it was apparently drawn up by the commander of the BEF, and some sort of evacuation would still have been attempted regardless.
Third, why doesn't Halifax become Prime Minister? He was in the lead after Chamberlain resigned in OTL, no reason to suspect this would change here.
I stopped reading shortly after since I feel these differences would have affected the TL too much to make it plausible.

Thanks for alll your coments.

I Know some of the things are implausble but as this was only a TL I wrote for practice I 'm not taking it to seriously.

This is like my Uptime Girl in ASB discussion a TL that will probably never be finished unless I suffer form major writers block on my main two TL's Aurora Australis that has been posted and another one called The Power of Steam that I might post in the next couple of weeks.

These TL's were posted to test the water for my main TL's to see if my writing ability was well enogh developed to keep posting.

All comments welcolmed with an open mind. :D