part 4

Augustus 29 free France puts down Japanese demands that they be allowed to station forces in northern Indochina ( that the Indochina is in free French control is du the fact the free French have more control of much of their colony’s and the Governor-General sided with the free French instead with Vichy french as the where not as strong as in otl in where parts of Africa where under Vichy control) .

Augustus 30 with the end of the war on mainland Europe Hitler after a tour thru Paris demands that all of Norway should be taken with a new offensive in order to secure the vital port of narvik and remove any BFC forces from Norway this operation called Nordic strike will begin as soon as both the German army and Luftwaffe are ready, in the meantime the Luftwaffe will be aside to keep the British from raiding Germany and to increase its mission over England in preparation of the planed invasion. The Japanese after the where put down by the free French and later both the British and Dutch giving support to the free French refusal of station troops in Indochina decide to arm pro indepence guerrillas in the French colony’s thru Thailand.

September 3 Charles de Gaulle on a tour thru free French Africa speak with the navy commander of the French fleet stationed at Mers-el-Kebir near Oran and after speaking with him receives full support of the fleet ( unlike otl the fleet is not destroyed mainly du the fact al land forces already joined the free French the fleet also under presure from their British counterparts join de gaulle ) latter the day he he went to Tripoli to visit the city taken by from Italy now garden by British and free French soldiers, olso he dicid after the japans demands to send a force of 30.000 free French forces towards Indochina du that he now can spear the large numbers of men he also will deploy several ships of the free French navy when the situation in the Mediterranean is better.

September 10 after 30 days in exile the Dutch government in exile announces the creation of two army division called the princess Irene division and the first dutch army division also the Dutch navy which hade more then 7000 escaped on ships ore otherwise are organize in to the free Dutch navy and 4 fighter squadrons to be set up under command of the British RAF. S

September 17 64 German airplanes fly for Britain. Five squadrons of RAF Fighter Command are launched to intercept them. Twelve German planes are shot down, at a cost of three British planes. This is considered the start of the Battle of Britain.

September 21 British commandos make their first raid on occupied Guernsey. The raid is a failure.

September 24 Adolf Hitler issues Directive No. 16: On preparations for a landing operation against England. Preparations are to be completed by mid-October. First, the RAF must be reduced to pose no threat to a German crossing, mined channels must be cleared, Straits of Dover are to be sealed off with minefields on both flanks, and the English Navy must be held down in the North Sea. The Invasion will bear name (Sea Lion ), the German offensive in Norway will begin 30 September.

September 27 The Tripartite Pact is signed by Japan, Germany and Italy. September 30 more then 50.000 German troops are thrown against the allied hold namos line in operation Nordic strike but are faced with heavy resistance du to dug in allied forces who during the brief period of peace in Norway hade the time to reinforce the line.

October 4 In Norway the Germans have only reach the first of tree defensive lines around the city of namos and are feaced with heavy allied resistance.

October 9 allied forces manage to keep the German out of namos and thanks to air support manage to slow it to a halt forcing the German forces to dig them self in after only 10 days fighting. German troops enter Romania to protect its oilfields

October 11 French Marshal Pétain announces his intention of collaborating with Germany, after hearing this Charles the Gaulle orders the free French navy and army to move in to Syria and Lebanon if the will not join the free French.

October 15 Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa 4 years after his country was occupied by the Italians even wit a guerrilla war being fought by the Italian remnants of their army. German operation Nordic strike is a failure after the Germans are not able to force a breakthrough after this the Germans begin a plan to build a railroad line from trondelheim Norway to Sweden to get Germany hard needed iron ore.

October 17 British, Commonwealth and Free French forces invade Syria and the Lebanon ('Operation liberation ') with air and naval support after the free French request of Syria and Lebanon to join them was put down.

October 18 British and free French forces advance 40 miles into southern Syria and the Lebanon capturing Tyre in the process Vichy resistance is light as many of the soldier station there join the advancing allied forces instead of fighting them.

October 19 free French and British advances break through Vichy opposition in Syria. Military representatives of the BFD command , Australia, and New Zealand meet in Singapore for a conference on Far Eastern defence.

October 20 A German memorandum issued by the German high command states that an invasion of Great Britain will not be possible du the fact the British air force and royal navy are to strong after battling only a mound Hitler orders a halt to any invasion until 1941 and begins to focus on a future invasion of the soviet union.

October 21 Free French troops occupy Damascus in Syria ending the Vichy reign, Vichy France protests vigorously at the British and free French capture of the colony’s but is not able do anything.

OVERVIEW with both Syria and Lebanon under free French control and the French Indochina siding with the free French the power of Vichy franc is not strong anymore with only Madagascar in Vichy control. In Norway the situation on the allied side is better now du the fact that the German advance have halted giving them a hard fought victory after loosing the battle on main land Europe plus unlike otl no large battle of Britain is going to happened du the fact that Hitler now realised that any invasion will fail du better British air and naval strength and the fact the Luftwaffe now focus on building a force for a further invasion of the soviet union.