part 8

June 10 during a exercise of the German Italia corps near Naples Mussolini decides to rearm the Italy armed forces with German equipment after having a talk with the general Rommel and after losing Libya and the fact that he was forced to ask German help in the capture of Greece and Yugoslavia he orders his staff to begin negotiation with the Germany to licence produce German equipment and to upgrade the already Italy weapons with more modern and better in less then 5 years (Mussolini believes having German type of weapons will make him stronger and make it possible of him not to rely on Germany so much as he had during the Yugoslavia campaign ).

June 7 Finland begins a secret mobilisation of its forces and begins reinforcing its border with free Norway, first german troops begin to arrive with ships ( Sweden still refusing to allow German trains to cross toward Finland therefore ships are used instead).

June 20 after 10 days of negation the German and Italy come to a agreement about supplying Italy with the rights to produce some German weapons in licensed in return Italy will supply more then 100.000 soldier to the upcoming war in the east and allow German forces to be station in the country ( Italy mostly want to produce the panzer 3 the 88 mm guns and the m 109 and to increase the production of the p40 Italian main battle tank with a order of 1.200 to be made before 1943 ).

June 22 Operation 'Barbarossa begins with German and Axis forces comprising 190 divisions Three Army Groups supported by powerful Panzer armies and Luftwaffe bomber fleets, Army Group South Army, Group Centre and Army Group North go into action against 132 Soviet union divisions.

June 23 the Luftwaffe after only one day of fitting has destroyed more then 800 Soviet aircraft on the ground at 60 airfields and 400 in the air. The Red Army along the border seemed unprepared for the assault and offered only limited resistance, which allows the Panzer divisions to advance up to 50 miles and destroy 12 Soviet divisions. June 26 Goering is named Hitler’s successor after Rudolf Hess was killed ( even despite Goering was in the beginning not amble to lead the Luftwaffe in to victory and received heavy losses he is creted for rebuilding the Luftwaffe after the invasion of France and the low country’s ). Finland declares war on the Soviet Union but urges both Britain and Norway that it is only fitting the soviet Union and that its is prepared to counter any allied attack against them.

June 28 Croatia joins the Tripartite Pact, Vichy France offers more to deploy 5 army divisions in the war in the east while olos receiving their on m109 squondrons.

June 29 The German 20th Mountain Army launches Operation Silver Fox an offensive to capture the Soviet port of Murmansk, while the Finnish Karelian Army begins it offensive towards Leningrad and hoping to link up with the German advance. Overview June the operation Barbarossa in this mound is the same as in otl with the German advancing towards Minsk. July 5 General Wavell is relieved of his command as C-in-C of the Middle East.

July 7, the U.S. 1 Marine Brigade lands in Iceland to strengthen the Iceland defence force made up of the British and free Danish forces but the U.S still remains neutral but begins to work and train with the present troops station there.

July 10 The Finnish Karelian Army begins an offensive toward Lake Ladoga to the Northeast of Leningrad.

July 12 Britain and Russia sign mutual assistance agreement, pledging ‘no separate peace’ but soviet union refuses to become a member of the BDF.

July 19 Hitler issues Directive No.33. This states that Moscow is no longer the priority capturing Leningrad in the North and overrunning the Ukraine in the South are now the new priority.

July 22 The Luftwaffe launches its first major bombing raid on Moscow with 127 aircraft, but achieve only minimal results but it proves that Moscow can be hit.

July 25 the Dutch indie receive a Australia army division to be place on java.

July 28 after Britain moves troops to strengting the only norish division at the border Finland ends ith diplomatic relations with Great Britain but dos not declare war against them ( both Norway and Finland don’t want to fight each other) Overview operation Barbarossa in this mound is the same as in otl August 20 Adolf Hitler authorises the development of the V-2 missile to be deployed against britian( because of no major air action taken place against britian the v-2 will be the first step majorstep in hitiing great britian).

August 25 British forces station in Iraq and Russian troops invade Iran against slight opposition after their initially friendly demands, had been rejected

August 29 The Finnish troops are now only 30 miles North of Leningrad with orders to begin laying Siege of the city when reached ( on otl the fins refused but the need Leningrad captured to get a supply line from the Germans ).

August 30 The Germans army take the town of Mga, 40kms to the Southeast of Leningrad.

September 7 The offensive of the German 20th Mountain Army in northern Finland to capture the vital port of Murmansk, Russia, comes to a halt

September 8 Leningrad is now completely surrounded after German troops close the land bridge at Schluesselburg tighter with the finish Finnish Karelian Army the begin their siege cutting Leningrad of from the out side world.

September 10 Japanese begin war games at the naval college in Tokyo in order to develop their strategy for the Pacific the war game will last until September 13

September 11 German order of the day says Leningrad must be taken quickly with the city surrounded it is only a matter of time that the city will fall ( du the city is completely surrounded Zhukov is not amble to take command over its defences and with the finish army helping instead of a siege both army are moving in to the city).

September 19 Germans forces take the ruins of Kiev.

September 24 A combined services raid British and Norway commando raid on German occupied islands off Norway results in 200 Germans killed and 16,000 tons of shipping destroyed

September 30 German and finish forces after battling themselves into Leningrad take the city giving the Finland a fix line to transport vital war equipment ( the finish Karelian Army after help in getting Leningrad now moves to help the German 20th Mountain army for a new offensive against the port of Murmansk while the german Army Group North is to rest and wait furred orders).

October 1 As part of operation Typhoon Panzer Group 2 and the panzer group 4 that was transfer successful from the Leningrad front opens their offensive against Moscow, 2 days ahead of the rest of Army Group Centre and makes 75-miles in its advance towards Orel ( the remain of Army Group North is order to protect Leningrad from counter attacks with some elements of panzer group 4 after moving to being placed under Army Group Centre for the operation ).

October 8 Hitler announces that the war in the East, for all intents and purposes, has already been decided in favour of the Reich.

October 9 believing Germany is to weak to defend Italy great Britain begins resuming its air offensive against Italy from air bases in Tunisia ( there is no major attacks on Germany because the battle of Britain never was so big in that the Luftwaffe attack city but Italy is being attack and is sort of the British version of the battle of Britain but then against Italy).

October 10 Rumours of an impending capture of Moscow by the German Army cause thousands of civilians to flee the city

October 11 Army Group Centre captures Kaluga and Bryansk with all forces of panzer group 4 now being used, Women and children evacuated from Moscow.

October 12 German forces of Army Group Centre capture Kalinin, just 80 miles to the West of Moscow.

October 13 Army Group Centre wipes a Russian pocket and capture Rzhev. Hitler orders that Moscow is to assaulted directly with the newly arrived forces (because army group centre has extra troops who in otl where used fore the siege of Leningrad available the march toward Moscow is quiker).

October 15 Moscow now considered in real jeopardy. Following the evacuation of the Soviet government and diplomatic corps from Moscow to Kuibyshev, panic begins to spread among the civilian population, with thousands fleeing the city to places further east, but Stalin decides to stay.

October 17 German units are now only 60 miles west of Moscow. October 18 Army Group Centre finally clears the Vyazma pocket, Stalin declares state of siege in Moscow and orders its defence to the last man.

October 20 finish army after having won the battle of Leningrad now begins a new offensive together with the German 20th Mountain army against the port of Murmansk.

October 25 The Russians launch numerous counter-attacks around Moscow in an attempt to halt the German advance.

October 27 German forces make a breakthrough at Perekop, thus opening the gate to the Crimean peninsula

October 28 after several unsuccessful attempts by the soviets to halt Army Group Centre Moscow is reach but unlike Leningrad the city will not fall that easily therefore Hitler orders more forces to be deployed against the city will the defenders of Moscow try to halt the German hoping for reinforcement to arrive in time will Stalin refuse to leave the city even if it is now under constant artillery attacks

October 29 German begin to push into the outer etches of Moscow but still receive stiff resistance Hitler orders the city to be bomb to the ground by the Luftwaffe.

October 30 The worsening weather and seas of mud bring the German battling in Moscow almost to a standstill but first heavy Luftwaffe attacks with more then 300 planes begin hammering the city. November 1 Germans troops capture Kursk

November 3 Admiral Yamamoto’s plan to attack Pearl Harbour and the invasion of midway is approved.

November 7 Speaking from inside a bunker in Moscow, with the spearheads of the Wehrmacht now in the capital, Stalin predicts that 'the Fascist German invaders are facing disaster as the defenders of Moscow will destroy them.

November 9 first finish/German soldiers reach the edge of Murmansk after more soviet armed divisions are ordered to go to aid in the battle of Moscow (Stalin dos not listen to his generals that the port of Murmansk is importance du the fact its is a vital supply port and orders more division to battle the Germans in Moscow). Royal Navy Surface Force K from Tunis annihilates an Italian convoy of seven supply ships and sinks two destroyers (Malta is still to dangerous to have any ship station there and with furtly no air cover and its citizen almost starving to dead du the increase attacks by Italian and German bombers much more what happen in otl )

November 12 largest Luftwaffe raid on Moscow as yet hitting the Kremlin with German soldier battling in street to street fighting soviet army’s move in to engage the Germans who now control have the city but with bad whether in play the Germans are facing a tough challenge of getting the city under their full control.

November 13 Aircraft carrier Ark Royal is torpedoed off Gibraltar by German sub and later sinks.

November 16 The German 11th Army takes Kerch in the eastern Crimea, although Sevastopol still holds out.

November 20 The Norwegian Government in narvik Norway officially backs ‘Milorg’, the largest resistance organisation its country.

November 23 Panzer Groups 1, 2 and 3 and 4 as well as the 2nd, 4th and 9th Armies are now battling in and around Moscow, Stalin is pressure to move after Kremlin is destroyed and german tanks in range of the fort( Stalin will take command of the soviet union in a armoured train and move the new capitol in Kuibyshev in the Volga river ( like in otl where the city was a backup capitol).

November 25 two days after Stalin leaves the city of Moscow and after battling fore more then 27 days in hard street to street fighting the German flag is raised on top of the ruins of the Kremlin with most of the soviet forces now retreating towards a newly line 30 miles of the city where the will wait until their forces are strong in of to retake the city.

November 26 Stalin comes close to hysteria when heard that the soviet army cannot retake the city fore a months ore two as the are still to weak ( the soviet army is raising army on the Volga, in Asia and in the Urals, and it would only be a matter of a few months before these new troops can be committed will in the mean time the German army is digging in and sending units to other fronts).Japanese 1st Air Fleet sets sail for Pearl Harbour, from its anchorage in the Kurile Islands. Commanded by Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, its consists of 5 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers and 8 oil tankers and has strict orders to observe strict radio silence ( one aircraft carrier and its escort is heading for the invasion of midway)

November 27 great Britain after hearing the news that Moscow has fallen to the German fears that when the Germans are true the will be again next ( at the moment the UK only suffers submarine blockade and raids against coastal targets with great Britain deploying much of its forces on Grete and the air battle of Italy).

November 28 Hitler orders Directive No.34 in which army group 9 will move from Moscow towards reinforcing The German 11th Army in taking Sevastopol while the rest of the forces guarding Moscow to dig in and to prepare themselves against any soviet counter attack.