Timeline (Heute Europa)

1941

 * With the Annihilation of the BEF at Dunkirk, after Hitler gave Guderian the go ahead to advance on the British troops, preparations to invade are made. With 75% of the RAF destroyed in northern France after Churchill sent more aircraft to aid the French, the Luftwaffe gain total air supremacy. Squadrons of Weser VTOL planes are built to be used as invasion transports. Groups of VS8 hydrofoil landing crafts are also prepared. Bombing raids throughout 1940 knock out most of the radar stations, and U-boats sink most of Britain's merchant fleet. The invasion is launched on March 3rd 1941. Sqradrons of Me 109s and 110s tear through the sky, bombing and strafing anything that moves. Paratroops drop all over southern England, and VTOL planes carry more troops over. Landing craft beach and unload panzers and more troops. The Royal Navy tries to intervene but is attacked by aircraft, which sink most of the battleships and carriers. The British fight fiercely, but cannot stand against the immense power of the German Reich. On September 16th, the British Empire surrenders both itself and its colonies to Nazi Germany. Several colonies, including Canada, Australia, and India, revolt and set up independent governments.

With Britain out of the picture, and Spain practically a vassal state, Germany is prepared to invade Russia.

1952

 * Start of the German space programme. In a speech, Adolf Hitler states that "Providence has proven the superiority of the Aryan Race, as they are the first people to explore the depths of Space." The project bears the codename Walkyre (Valkyre) with the research being conducted by German top scientist Wernher von Braun. Valkyre is under the auspices of the SS special projects Group. Valkyre 1, the first A9-12 rocket Booster becomes ready to launch on August 10, however at 36,000 feet the ship explodes, setting 200 acres of grassland ablaze.
 * Increasing tensions between Germany and Japan

1953

 * German GDP over Japan's.
 * Valkyre 2 lifts off on April 20th, coinciding with Hitlers birthday. Raumfahrer-SS Viktor Kraus and Raumfahrer-SS Wilhelm Tannert become the first men to reach outer space, and spend 6 days in space studying the effects of space on the human body. both reach earth safely
 * Japanese-American Treaty: For mutual economic cooperation, Japan apologises for the attacks of Pearl Harbor; the Empire promises to return the Hawaiian archipelago in 50 years. Meanwhile, the strict Japanization policy goes on.
 * While publishing his revised Unified Field Theory, Albert Einstein criticizes the US government heavily for their foreign politics towards the Axis. His call, however, is neglected, especially because of the improving American-Japanese relations.

1954

 * May: Pan-Russian Uprising: "True Patriotic" Russians riot in Petrograd, Moskva, Omsk and Vladivostok. The Russian puppet regimes hesitate to put the uprising down. Ensuing bloody intervention by Germany and Japan worsens attitude of Russians towards the Axis.
 * July: Construction begins on the first von-Braun armed space station with Valkyre 5 carrying six Raumfahrer SS to construct it, the mission is a sucsess, though the rocket expodes on re-entry, killing all the crew

1955

 * The von-Braun space station is by now 45% complete, with 4 of the space rockets destroyed, either on takeoff or in space

1956

 * April 20th- completion of the Braun Armed space station. it is chrisened 'Wilhelm' after the late Kaiser. The station can carry warheads to hit targets out of ordinary reach, giving the german people a priceless tactical advantage. the other nations are all worried at the ramifications of this.