Ragnarok (Morgen die ganze Welt)
From Alternative History
Timeline: Morgen die ganze Welt
Friday, April 5 1946 London
London is hit by an amplified atomic bomb again. The thermonuclear bomb destroys 2 square km of London completely. Germany is finally getting revenge for obliterated German cities.
Saturday, April 6 1946 Birmingham
Birmingham vanishes in a nuclear blast. Germany has an advantage in atom bombs. German atom bombs are based on Uranium while US bombs are based on Plutonium. These Uranium bombs are easily converted to amplified bombs by adding a few grams of deuterium. The B-29 atom bomber base in Birmingham is no more. The atom bombs stored in the base are destroyed.
Sunday, April 7 1946 USA
Upon hearing of the improved German atom bombs Edward Teller proposes a thermonuclear bomb project. It seems possible to make a hydrogen bomb a thousand times stronger than an atom bomb. Massive funds are used to investigate the feasibility.
Monday, April 8 1946 England
A squadron of B29s set of from northern England on a revenge attack on Germany using the last Atom Bombs in England. flying over Norway and Denmark, and with most of the Luftwaffe fighting over England, they successfully drop 5 atom bombs on German territory, destroying Hamburg, Nuernberg, Cologne. Berlin is hit a second time. All the bombers are intercepted and shot down on the way home. This raises morale at home and also makes the Luftwaffe divert several fighter squadrons back to Germany, however there are no Allied aircraft left to take advantage of it.
Tuesday, April 9 1946 Gloucester
The veteran 1st SS army breaks through in the Reading area and reaches Gloucester in 24 hours. The Allied front is cut in two. Allied soldiers still have no defense against nerve gas. Chemical suits are now available in small numbers but they are so cumbersome that the soldiers do not use them.
Wednesday, April 10 1946 Oxford
The Allied forces are given no time to recover. Rommel's 21st division passes through Oxford.
Thursday, April 11 1946 Ipswich
Axis forces invade the east coast of Great Britain unexpectedly. Ipswich is taken with a combined attack including a parachute drop and helicopter and Tilt-roter landings. Both sides have run out of atom bombs at this stage.
Friday, April 12 1946 Maidstone
A major unexpected counterattack by the British 7th Armored division and the US 3rd Armored division hits the Axis forces advancing from the east coast. the British Centurions with 20Pdrs and US Pershings inflict serious damage on the 91st Luftlandedivision and the 2nd Panzer Division. this creates panic at OKH, who fear the offensive cutting the seaports off from the advancing Armies.
Saturday, April 13 1946 Maidstone
Mass air attacks by Luftwaffe Planes force the 7th and 2nd Armored to retreat, opening the way to London. This is truly unlucky 13th for England.
Sunday, April 14 1946 Bedford
German pincers meet at Bedford. London is surrounded. The Allied forces are now cut into three parts.
Tuesday, April 16 1946 London
Axis troops slowly inch their way forward, suffering heavy casualties in the process. many see it as a new Stalingrad.
Wednesday, April 17 1946 London
Croydon airport in London is overrun by Axis troops. Axis forces are attacking regardless of losses. Here the roughnecks of 998 penal battalion distinguish themselves in fierce hand-to-hand fighting and receive an honorable mention in daily dispatches. There are now 140 Axis divisions in England. Allied forces start unraveling under relentless combined assaults.
Thursday, April 18 1946 London
The exhausted defenders of London surrender after a new Soman attack causing heavy losses. US troops in the north start evacuating Great Britain using anything that can float including submarines and cruisers. Generals Eisenhower and Bradley have left but Montgomery refuses to leave his troops.
Saturday, April 20 1946 Germany
Hitler celebrates his 57th birthday, with an overwhelming sense of achievement. England has all but fallen, Russia is no more, and America can't last long. the 'Solution' to the Jewish problem is going along as planned. Year 14 of the thousand year Reich looks to be Promising. As usual Hitler inspects his birthday present: an array of new prototype weapons. There is a new tank, the Leopard, with a 105mm gyro-stabilized gun, top speed of 60kph and automatic gearbox. This is the fastest tank in the world. An SS trooper demonstrates a new anti-aircraft weapon: The Fliegerfaust, a shoulder launched IR rocket that has a fair chance of bringing down low-flying aircraft.
Sunday, April 21 1946 Liverpool
The Axis starts an overwhelming offensive in the north of England. The Allies are critically short of equipment. The Atlantic sea routes are almost cut off by submarines. Giant Ju-390 cargo aircraft drop supplies around the clock, making up for lack of . The supply lines can't keep up with the advance.
Monday, April 22 1946 Abergavenny
Otto Skorzeny's special forces make a helicopter landing at Abergavenny where Rudolf Hess is freed from Maindiff Court Military Hospital and promptly flown to Berlin. Hitler decides to regard him as an example of the bad effects of misguided pacifism. Hess will be sent to a sanatorium to recover.
Sunday, April 28 1946 England
Allied forces in the north of England have fought to a standstill and ask for surrender terms. The old enemies Rommel and Montgomery finally meet. Rommel guarantees the safety of all prisoners of war as a matter of course. Rommel is the big hero of the war and has more prestige than any German figure, not excepting Hitler himself.
Saturday, May 4 1946 Plymouth
The Allies have made a last stand in south-west England but finally surrender at Plymouth. Great Britain is no more.
Wednesday, May 8 1946 Berlin
The cost of the invasion of Great Britain was tremendous. German losses were 850,000 casualties and thousands of tanks and aircraft. The atom bomb threat to Germany has been eliminated though, making it worthwhile. The US has lost 600,000 soldiers, of which 400,000 have become prisoners in the greatest mass surrender in US history. Civilians have born the brunt of the first atomic war. Losses can only be estimated in the confusion but are certainly in the millions in Great Britain and Germany.
Friday, May 10 1946 London
A deadly calm descends over Great Britain. The first International Red Cross units arrive in London. It is the start of the cleanup of Great Britain's obliterated cities. Lord Halifax is put in charge of the British government. Manchester will be the seat of government until the center of London is rebuilt.
Wednesday, May 15 1946 Westerham
Winston Churchill is found hiding away in a private house in Westerham, close to his residence in Chartwell. He is promptly flown to Berlin for trial and execution. The London Times carries the story with the bitter headline "10 Million Dead - for nothing"
Saturday, May 17 1946 England
The roundup of England's Jews begins. German Jews who fled from Germany and were interned in England are particularly unfortunate. After spending 7 years in British jails they are now sent to concentration camps in Poland. Here they will be 'Re-settled', officially in the Minsk area but there is suspicion that they will be gassed at one of the Death camps in Poland or one of the new ones built in Russia.
Saturday, June 1 1946 Ulster
Ireland declares war on Ulster, prudently after US troops have left. Axis troops have been flown into Ireland and cross the border, meeting little resistance. The mayhem in Germany has little effect on the war.
Tuesday, June 4 1946 Ulster
Ireland gets Ulster as a reward for becoming the newest Axis member. General Franco of Spain takes note and asks for an audience with Hitler. He receives the cold shoulder and a command not to attack Gibraltar which is now regarded as German territory although still in British hands.
Wednesday, June 5 1946 Paris
American B32 Dominators, flying from the US Mainland, bomb the major U-Boot bases at Brest, Lorient. a Third one misses its target of La Rochelle and insted Hits Paris with a 40Kt Atom Bomb, against the wishes of Air force high command. 250,000 French citizens and 5,000 German soldiers are killed. the U-boot bases are wrecked, and many of Dönitz best Submarine acesare killed. The Dominators do not have the range to make it back to base, and they try to reach North Africa. They are shot down close to Sicily. Vichy France breaks off diplomatic relations with the US.
Thursday, June 6 1946 Britain
A German convoy is attacked by British Resistance fighters. The British Resistance is slowly gathering its strength. The British government did not trust its citizens enough to provide for weapons caches though, so the resistance fighters have problems getting weapons and ammunition. The Gestapo takes the usual step of taking hostages and employing spies. Notices are now posted at all post offices and police stations to the effect that hostages will be shot at a 10 to 1 ratio for every German killed.
