1939-1972 (Quebec Independence)

World War II
World War II was the most destructive conflict in human history. It involved most of the nations in the world, divided into two military alliances: the National Socialist Coalition, and the Allied Coalition. Despite earlier Japanese invasions on China, the war is considered to have begun with the Natsoc invasion of Yugoslavia in 1939, leading to France to declare war on the NSC. Britain, Germany, and Italy - the leading European members of the NSC - invaded France in 1940, and after a 5 month conflict, conquered the nation. French Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle refused to accept defeat, and led the Free French Forces in other parts of the globe. In 1941, the NSC turned east and launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Russian Empire, leading to the largest military confrontation in history.

The war in the Americas would start soon after, with the Brazillian invasion of Argentina and the Canadian assault on Quebec in 1940. The latter would cause America to send its troops north to help the defense, leaving the nation open to Confederate and Pacific attack, which happened in 1941. The North American Natsoc nations conquered Kentucky and southern Quebec, dividing the United States in half. Project Bull Run was then launched, the Confederate plan to take all of the northeastern United States. However, the American soldiers stood their ground, and stopped the Confederate advance. Similiarily, the Natsoc invasion of Russia was halted at Tsaritsyn, Moscow, and St. Petersburg. With Japanese attacks in China halted as well, the tide of the war had turned.

The French would return to Europe by invading Italy, knocking that nation out of the war in 1943. The Liberation of France begun in 1944, while the Russians retook their territory from Germany and was preparing to invade that nation itself. Canada would be defeated in 1944, while Mexico, now under the rule of the Lyonists, disconnected Pacifica from the Confederacy, dooming both nations. The devastating March to the Sea Campaign of 1944 destroy the south's economy and morale. Confederate President Black would commit suicide as the bloody Battle of Atlanta raged above his bunker, allowing General Holland Smith to surrender the Confederacy in 1945. Russia would destroy Germany that same year, while the combined Allied Coalition invasion of Britain in 1946 resulted in the capture of Prime Minister John Erskine and an end to combat in Europe.

In 1946, the Chinese prepared to invade Japan when French scientists finally discovered the atomic bomb, and dropped two of them that same year, resulted in Japan's surrender.