July 20 1944: the legendary Bomb Plot by the disillusioned members of Hitler's military high command succeeds.... setting the stage for an even greater threat to the free world. A fanatical cadre of SS generals seize control of Germany and place Himmler in power. He immediately forges an armistice with the USSR to allow his forces to devote all of their attentions to fighting the West. New tactics are employed by the Nazi war machine, including the mass production of jet fighters and the appointment of the Desert fox, General Rommel, as military head of the Nazi forces in Europe. This lays the groundwork for a vastly different Battle of the Bulge with even higher stakes and possibly dire consequences for the Allied forces.