Timeline (Nuclear Axis)

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1940

 * 18 December: Adolf Hitler permanently cancels the invasion of the Soviet Union in light of the unanimous decision by his generals and strategists that the risks outweigh the gains.
 * 30 December: Hitler declares that 160,000 or more troops that were on standby to invade Russia must be reloacted to the North African front to combat the British Operation Compass, effective on 1 January 1941.

1941

 * 3 February: Erwin Rommel is placed in command of the Afrika Korps.
 * 8 February: Lend-Lease authorizes the US government to sell arms to Great Britain.
 * 6 April: Rommel completes the capture of Egypt much sooner than projected, and with it secures the Suez canal for German and Italian use. Meanwhile, a pro-Axis government is installed in Iraq after a coup and Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia to supplement the Italian campaigns in the region and crush all continental resistance.
 * 18 April: The Greek Prime Minister commits suicide following a devastating German attack and the surrender of Yugoslavia, and Greece surrenders about two weeks later.
 * 31 May: The British reclaim Iraq and oust the pro-Axis government, to Hitler's outrage. He then initiates the Levant Campaign, in which Rommel's forces would attack the British held Levant territories following the establishment of the Luftwaffe base on Cyprus.
 * 16 July: The Free French are expelled from Lebanon, and Adolf Hitler emerges from the Wolf's Lair to call for a peace conference with Winston Churchill, the leader of the last true threat to Nazi power. Churchill declines this conference and reaffirms the Free French and occupied territories that the British will stand with them.
 * 23 September: The Wehrmacht begins a direct military occupation of its European territories to prevent any uprisings from upsetting the balance.
 * 5 October: Buckingham Palace is significantly damaged in Luftwaffe air raids, and the king is relocated to Oxford as a safety measure.
 * 17 November: An RAF night raid in Bavaria destroys Hitler's "Eagle's Nest," but he is unfortunately staying at the Wolf's Lair at this time.
 * 7 December: The Japanese deliver a devastating blow to the American navy at Pearl Harbor, marking the beginning of American involvement in the conflict. The United Kingdom and commonwealth nations declare war on Japan.
 * 25 December: Infamous air raids on Christmas morning severely damage Big Ben, and Churchill ramps up British efforts to stop the German air raids.

1942

 * 7 March: The final British regiments in Iraq surrender and a pro-Axis government is reinstated.
 * 12 May: The Luftwaffe achieves air supremacy over the Isle of Wight, and a Wehrmacht invasion and occupation takes place about a week later (albeit with heavy resistance), giving the Nazi regime a viable Luftwaffe base capable of dealing devastating damage to Britain; was soon used to level British defenses on the southern coast.
 * 8 November: The allies invade western North Africa.
 * 20 December: Adolf Hitler orders the construction of a massive bomber capable of strafing the American east coast; u-boats begin shelling Boston and New York.

1943

 * 1 January: The Night of Falling Stars takes place, in which the Luftwaffe destroys nearly half of the RAF equipment and airfields south of Scotland from 01:00 to 05:00, and Winston Churchill pleads with Roosevelt to assist the British. Operation Sea Lion is scheduled for August at the latest.
 * 8 February: The convoy system allows American ships to reach England for the first time since the extremely tight u-boat wall in the North Atlantic assembled.
 * 27 February: The British plot to destroy the Vermork Hydroelectric Plant (Germany's leading supplier of nuclear materials) in Norway is foiled, and the Germans immediately begin transporting the materials to Germany.
 * 9 May: The Allied invasion of North Africa is halted by Rommel in western Libya, and soon turns to a retreat when reinforcements and tanks arrive to assist him. Directive 49 is issued. Iraq declares war on the allied powers.
 * 13 June: The Wehrmacht initiates Operation Sea Lion, quickly establishing a presence in Portsmouth and Hastings. Germany begins using new, highly efficient artillery turrets to shell the British coast from occupied France.
 * 6 August: The Americans turn the tide at the battle in Southampton, although the Nazis began sending enormous amounts of troops to England from the Isle of Wight and France.
 * 30 October: Decisive German victory at the Battle of Maidstone; German air superiority established in southeast England, while the others are surrounded and captured at Southampton after weeks of bloody conflict. Churchill is evacuated to Washington DC when London is destroyed in air raids.
 * 1 December: A prototype of Hitler's "Amerika Bomber" is completed and tested, while Rommel is halted at Algiers.

1944

 * 8 February: The British refuse to capitulate following the historic fall of London. The allies begin evacuating Europe and North Africa. Mussolini submits a plan to Hitler to invade the British southern Arabian teritories.
 * 26 April: Against all odds, the British are able to break the German offensive and drive them back to the southern coast, where the battle would settle into a stalemate along the Channel for several months.
 * 11 June: Adolf Hitler commissions the first 5 Amerika Bombers and hits New York, Baltimore, and Washington DC.
 * 19 September: Churchill moves back to what is left of London.

1945

 * 1 March: German forces evacuate Britain and the Isle of Wight in shambles, leaving themselves vulnerable to retaliation in Europe.
 * 6 August: The United States drops the world's first atomic bomb on Japan, followed a second one three days later, and Japan unconditionally surrenders.
 * 10 August: Adolf Hitler falsely claims that Germany is preparing to drop atomic bombs on the United States and Britain, and the allies quickly agree to a temporary ceasefire in order to prevent a second nuclear exchange. The United States assumes control of the Japanese government.
 * 12 August: Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, and Franklin Roosevelt meet in Zürich to discuss a peace.
 * 15 August: The discussion ends with a peace agreement, and German occupation of southern England, while Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland were to be adminstered to by the United States and Irish governments until 1950. This left Italy and Germany still in a state of war against the United States, although both were scared to make a move for fear of nuclear reprisal. Some British colonies were divided amongst the Italians and Germans, and Japan was occupied by the United States until 1955. Vichy France would gain permanent sovereignty and Free France would remain under German occupation.
 * 19 November: Germany successfully tests its first nuclear weapon. Rather than demolish his enemies, Hitler allows the Reich to recover before any further conflicts were carried out. He moves his administrative office to the Wolf's Lair and begins stockpiling weapons and researching advanced technology, initiating economic reforms, and allowing a period of peace. However, he keeps his forces in a state of partial mobilization. A peace treaty is signed between the United States and Germany.