Berlin – July 04 1943 – Hauptquartier der Deutschen Wehrmacht
Top secret meeting between Reichsfeldmarschall Ludwig Werner, his military advisors and the leaders of the German Heer, Marine and Luftwaffe to explain the global Wehrmacht strategy for the year 1943 and 1944 that Werner and the OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) has worked out. Reichsfeldmarschall Werner is ending his speech with the following sentences:
“Meine Herren,
as you know in these days we face a lethal military challenge and we have to prove that the outstanding military power of the German Wehrmacht can still change the course of this war.
The last months brought us shocking and shameful defeats at Tobruk and in Stalingrad. You all know that the war in the east was nearly lost begin of this year but we were able to stabilize our front again. It is now the last chance to turn the table in the east. With our new Panzer weapon - the Panther and Tiger divisions - we have the most powerful tanks on the battlefields. And we have the most experienced and best soldiers in the world.
Our goal is to win the war in the east until mid of 1945 and to hold a draw in the west and the Mediterranean battlefields.
With operation Zitadelle we will start a decisive blow against the Red Army frontline at Kursk. We will break through the Red Army front line and encircle and destroy several of their best armies. If Zitadelle as successful as we except we will use the confusion in the Red Army to directly attack Moscow and Stalingrad.
Intelligence tell us about a planned invasion of Sicily and Italy. It is clear that we can’t allow Patton or Montgomery to reach the borders of the Reich from the south. The Italians will not be able to stop the upcoming invasion of Sicily. The OKW is preparing the defense of the Italian mainland near Rome with Italian and German troops.
Much more dangerous for us is the planned invasion of the Anglo Americans in France in 1944. If they land we will have to bring so many troops from the eastern front to France that we will loose the initiative in the east again. Thus the OKW has decided to counter this allied invasion with our own invasion of Scotland. This will be a surprise for the allies and will prevent or at least postpone the invasion of France until we have finished the Russians.
That’s all for today. You have your orders. You all can leave now except General von Runstedt and Admiral Dönitz.”
After the core of the people left, Werner is presenting the plan for operation Seelöwe to General von Runstedt and Admiral Dönitz.
“Meine Herren,
You both will command our troops that are landing in England. General von Runstedt will command the Heer, Admiral Dönitz will command the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe in this battle. Intelligence told us that there is a weak point in the British coastal defense this will allow us to break through the defense lines and land our troops in Scotland. You will conquer and defend Edinburgh and Glasgow cutting off Scotland from the British Empire. Here have a look at our tactical map”.
- Operation Seelöwe – master plan.
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Step 2: With begin of snow fall the destroyers will open the mines defense line at the point marked with the red X. Because of the bad weather the British will not detect this action.
Step 3: The destroyers will attack the British submarine flotilla south of Aberdeen. It is important that the submarines are destroyed as quickly as possible to open the way to our landing site named “kingslanding” (green crosses). The battleships will destroy the British destroyer fleet south of Aberdeen. The battleship HMS Rodney is ruling the coastal sea and has to be destroyed to prevent them from firing on our troop transporters. We have planned the battleship Tirpitz, two heavy cruisers and a submarine flotilla to finish the Rodney immediately.
Step 4 (parallel to step 3): Attacking the British vessels will alarm the Royal Navy and they will send the strong British fleet from Scapa Flow south to destroy our forces. Our submarines (a pity we have only two flotillas available, the other ones are cut off at the French Atlantic coast) and battleships will block the British ships to enter the yellow dashed areas from where they could fire on our invasion forces that have entered ZONE 2 (yellow) to prepare the landing.
Step 5: Land our forces near Aberdeen at kingslanding (green crosses). Establish a beach head and move quickly through the mountain area to the south west to attack and conquer Glasgow. Main core will be several Gebirgsjäger divisions that can move quickly through the mountains. They will be supported by infantry, Grenadier, artillery and 88er anti air / antitank weapons. These troops can be resupplied and repaired with the help of Scottish separatists.
Step 6: Retreat back our surviving battleships to Norway for repair. Establish a supply route through the Northern Sea to send more troops to Scotland if necessary.
Essential for the success of Seelöwe is the weather. The whole operation has to be started with snow fall in 43 and has to be finished until the snow fall ends in 44. If not our forces will come in the crossfire of the British forts, the artillery near Glasgow and the HMS Rodney (blue arrows). Additionally overwhelming Anglo American bomber forces will attack our ships. This would lead to a disaster for our forces. Nevertheless a fleet of bombers and fighters will be stationed at Stavanger to support in the case the weather gets clear to early.
- 1943 November 24. The German invasion fleet using first snow fall to start Seelöwe. 11 troop transporters (including 4x Gebirgsjäger, 2x infantry, 3x artillery, 2x 88er Flak). Under the cover of the bad weather the S-boat will retreat and the destroyers will immediately start to clear the British mine field.
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I guess its the one from Königsberg... Anyway, I do not think that it made a difference, you would have done the landing without it as well, it is just kinda strange and unexpected. I will fix it in the next version. 
