One of Many Deaths

POD
Hitler is killed when a shell hits his dugout, and a piece of shrapnel kills him, unlike OTL, where it missed.

The  German National People's Party takes power, the new Nationalist government, remains on good terms with the allies, as they are less aggressive than Hitler's Nazis.

1910s
1916 - Hitler dies in the Somme.

1918 - Treaty of Versailles is signed.

1920s
1923 - Nazi Party disbands.

1924 - DNVP gains popularity.

1924 - DNVP gains majority of seats in the Reichstag.

1925 - Tirpitz becomes leader of the DNVP.

1925 - Tirpitz is killed in suspicious circumstances. Many blame the Freikorps.

1925 - Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck becomes leader of the DNVP.

1925 - Playing much upon his war reputation, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck becomes chancellor.

1926 - DNVP passes law outlawing Communist parties, following a riot in Munich.

1930s
1931 - Japan invades Manchuria

1934 - Paul von Hindenburg dies of Cancer.

1935 - Lettow passes the Enabling Act, and re-instates the monarchy, with Kaiser Wilhelm's son being given power. He does not have much real power.

1935 - Freikorp are made illegal following several murders.

1936 - Great Purge begins in the USSR.

1936 - Spanish Civil War begins.

1936 - Republicans begin to gain the advantage in Spain, the army in Africa being trapped on the wrong side of the Mediterranean.

1937 - Japan invades the coastline of China.

1937 - Republican victory in the Spanish Civil War.

1937 - Germany joins the Allies.

1937 - Germany annexes Austria in a bloodless changeover. Treaty of Versailles is declared void.

1937 - Second Sino-Japanese war begins.

1939 - Great Purge ends in the USSR.

1940s
1941 (January) - USSR invades Eastern Europe, with the intention to push to the Polish border.

1941 (February) - The Manhattan Project begins, with all the scientists of the Allies joining one larger group in America.

1941 (March) - A Pan-European Alliance is formed to fight against the USSR.

1941 (May) - The USSR reaches the Eastern Polish Border.

1941 -Japan invades Northern China, as this is already out of Chinese control.

1941 (December) - Japan invades Malaysia and bombs Singapore and Hong Kong. The UK declares war. They also launch the Pearl Harbor attack, causing the USA to declare war. Australian forces are returned to Australia.

1941 (February) - Singapore falls to Japan.

1941 (February) - Darwin is attacked by air. This is the first of many raids.

1941 (March) - The USA fully mobilises against Japan. A mass of propaganda campaigns result in huge numbers of new recruits.

1941 (May) - Sydney is shelled by Japanese submarines, as is Newcastle.

1942 (June) - USSR crosses the Polish border.

1942 (June) - Neville Chamberlain resigns. Winston Churchill becomes prime minister.

1942 (August) - Polish forces retreat to Warsaw. USSR forces rapidly advance.

1942 (September) - Poland becomes a Communist puppet of the USSR. Germany begins to fortify the borders.

1942 (December) - USSR halts at the German Border. Troops mass for an attack. The remnant of China sues for peace.

1943 (March) - Germany continues to fortify its borders, making the Berlin Line to the East.

1943 (June) - USSR advance begins to slow, with supply lines stretching back to Moscow, through hostile territory, with resistance groups disrupting supplies.

1943 (September) - Red Army forces launch an assault on the Berlin Line, and although it meets some moderate success, it is bogged down swiftly, as they are halted, and then vital supplies fail to get through, as the Alliance got messages to the resistance groups, telling them of the attack, which they were informed of by spies.

1943 (October) - The Red Army pulls back to the border.

1943 (November) - European forces push the Russians back over the German border.

1943 (December) - The Allies push the USSR back to Warsaw, and then are halted.

1944 (January) - USSR and Allies sign an armistice. Neither side truly believes the peace will last.

1944 (February) - American Communists set off a bomb on the side of the Statue of Liberty. The bomb causes severe damage,but the Statue remains structurally sound. In response to this terrorist attack, the USA declares war on the USSR.

1944 (March) - Without any real need for them, now that the Soviets have been pushed back, and the USA has entered the war, many Colonial Troops are sent from the Soviet Front to the Pacific War. The Japanese begin to fall back.

1944 (May) - Much of the Royal Navy is sent to the Pacific, as the Soviet Naval Forces are Negligible. US Forces begin to arrive in Europe, but their untried Generals are not given overall command, despite the USA's wishes.

1944 (June) - The Japanese Navy suffers a major defeat, losing much of its power. Iwo Jima is attacked by the US and European Forces

1944 (July) - Iwo Jima falls, after heavy fighting, due to the large allied naval presence there.

1944 (August) - The Alliance launches an assault on Russian Warsaw. The Russian Forces there have been digging in, however, and the attack is swiftly bogged down. Only the use of 24/7 bombing on the city could force the soviets back, but eventually, Warsaw fell.

1944 (September) - Okinawa is taken. The Japanese have been pushed back to the main Islands.

1944 (October) - Soviets begin to brutally suppress the resistance groups. The number of Resistance Members plummets, and Soviet supplies begin to get through, but the amount is still pitiful, as the supply lines are so long, the Soviets are still not able to push forward.

1944 (November) - The Soviets are pushed from Poland. The liberation of much of Eastern Europe is planned, and the plans for the eventual invasion of Russia is finalised. Turkey joins the Alliance.

1944 (December) - South Eastern Europe is Liberated by the European and American Forces, and the USSR begins to retreat.

1945 (March 5) - The allied forces pushes the USSR out of South Eastern Europe.

1945 (March) - The Allies invade Ukraine, Belarus and other SSRs. This is the first time the Soviets have lost Soviet Territory.

1945 (April) - The war in the USSR is now put on a back burner, and the Allies now focus on the final battle for Japan.

1945 (September) - The Trinity Test occurs.

1945 (November)- American generals begin planning the invasion of Japan, but have to wait until typhoon season has passed

1946 (March) - A feint is made against invasion beaches, drawing the Japanese kamikazis out of the air bases, and then destroying them with pseudo-troop ships, actually covered in AA guns. This deals a heavy blow to the Japanese defence of Kyūshū.

1946 (April-June) - Operation Olympic begins. It goes roughly according to plan, and is over in ninety days, but the losses exceed 250,000 for the Allies alone. Operation Coronet is prepared for.

1946 (July - November) - Operation Coronet begins. The beachheads fall, but the push towards Tokyo is slow and painful. Many thousands of American and European forces are killed, but this number pales when compared to the Japanese casualties. The Allies eventually reach Tokyo.

1946 (November - December) - Tokyo is assaulted, and the Allies slowly progress through the city. Much is destroyed by firebombs and air raids prior to the assault.

1947 (January-November) - The Allies invade Russia. Leningrad falls after a brutal battle. After a long battle, the Allies gain air superiority.

1947 (December) - A flight of B29s fly over Stalingrad. The 'Little Boy' atomic bomb is dropped. Stalingrad is destroyed.

1948 (February) - The Allies offer an ultimatum to the USSR. Stalin refuses to believe that the allies have any more atomic bombs. The Red Army Leadership is more realistic, and launches a coup d'etat. Stalin is killed, and the Red Army surrenders.

1948 (April) - Russia becomes a democracy, as the military is not allowed by the Allies to take control of the nation. A DMZ is created between Russia and Europe.

1948 (August) - The USA finishes rebuilding the Statue of Liberty, and in a symbolic gesture, they pull the original torch from the Hudson, and place it on Liberty Island as a memorial of the war.

1948 (September) - A Unified Korea is released from Japanese control. Many Japanese War Criminals are persecuted in the Hiroshima Trials.

1950s
1950 - The Dominions of the British Empire are given the option of independence or continued dominionship. They remain Dominions, barring India, which is granted independence.

1950 - A United Nations is created following the Second World War.

1951 - The USA experiences a major baby boom.

1952 - The Russian Federation begins to rebuild its Western side, as it has been all but destroyed by the Allied advance. The same begins in Japan.

1953 - Much of Eastern Europe begins to rebuild.

1954 - German Elections go against General Lettow, and the Social Democrats are voted in. They pass a bill that effectively creates a National Health Service. This occurs simultaneously in the UK. The Bills have been passed, but the services do not exist.

1955 - The Chinese Civil War officially ends when the US and European Forces pull out. The ROC holds all of China, but still has to deal with Communist Insurrections.

1956 - The two Health Services are an actuality. Allied Forces begin to pull out of Japan, but American bases remain dotted around the Islands.

1956 (June 5th) - The UK and Germany conduct a Joint Nuclear Test. It succeeds and they begin to produce nuclear bombs.

1957 - Many recently independent countries in Asia form a defensive pact and a trade bloc.

1958 - Much of Oceania joins the Asian bloc.

1959 - The Russian Federation completes several cities in the west. They retain utter neutrality.

1960s
1960 - Germany creates a missile that can travel between countries and continents.

1961 - A European Union is proposed. Britain and Germany are the proposers.

1962 - The European Union is created.

1963 - Japan joins the Asian Bloc, and Defensive Pact. An alliance is signed between the nations. It becomes the Hiroshima Pact.

1964 - Germany proposes that Europe centralises industry and manufacture, so as to maximise efficiency. This proposal is agreed by a 90% majority. Czechoslovakia votes against the bill, as it desires to keep its industry.

1965 - The Hiroshima Pact begins to increase Agriculture and Technological outputs.

1966 - The ROC finally defeats the Communist insurgency. India tests a nuclear bomb. As a response, Britain leaks the technology of nuclear weapon manufacture to the Dominions.

1967 - The USA begins to fall behind in many fields of Scientific and Technological Advancement. A Dictator takes power in Yugoslavia.

1968 - Bosnians are segregated in Yugoslavia. The UN condemns this, but does nothing to stop it. The UN does, however, intervene in South Africa, and forces them to have a fair Vote, with the entire population being given the Vote. Nelson Mandela is elected, and Apartheid is ceased.

1969 - Yugoslavia begins to Murder Bosnians in their Hundreds, building Death Camps, where they are marched in and gunned down, onto Conveyor Belts into Furnaces. Czechoslovakia requests permission to intervene, but the UN declines, as it believes the Czechs have an ulterior motive. The USA's Industry, unable to withstand the onslaught of Cheaper Foreign Goods, collapses. The USA remains a superpower, but is no longer invulnerable.

1970s
1970 - The UN gives the EU as a whole permission to Invade Yugoslavia and end the Genocide. The final Death Toll is estimated at around 1.5 million, half of the entire population of the Bosnians in Yugoslavia. Bosnia is established as a Nation, under Czech Protection. A Democratic Government is set up in Yugoslavia, which promptly collapses, and the EU nations sendtheir Militaries in again, creating Croatia and Serbia from Yugoslavia.

1971 - The EUSA (European Union Space Agency) gets a Satellite into Space. They are followed, a few Months later, by the Hiroshima Pact. NASA has its Budget Slashed, as the US attempts to revive its Industry.

1972 - The EU Astrronaut, Thomas Reiter, is the First Man on the Moon. The First Words he says are "Ja, Köln. Wie stehe ich hier in die Wunder der bei Hadley unbekannt, ich irgendwie erkennen, es gibt eine grundlegende Wahrheit zu unserer Natur. Man muss zu erkunden.", usually distilled to "Man muss zu erkunden", or "Man must Explore". The Hiroshima Pact begins to work on a Rocket to get them to the Moon.

1972 - Britain begins to decommision much of its Navy. Argentina falls under a Military Junta.

1973 - The Internet is formed in EU nations. Russia emerges as a major Oil Exporter to the EU and Asia. The Hiroshima Pact's Space Agency is shut down, and they return to individual national industries.

1974 - Argentina claims the Falkland Islands as Argentinian, and invades them. They are successful, but a British Submarine in the Area torpedos an Argentinian Troop Ship full of Soldiers. Royal Navy Vessels are in the Area in 48 hours, and the Argentinians are pushed from the Islands. A British Torpedo hits Bueno Aires, igniting a Fuel Tanker, in a blaze that lasts for 3 days, and claims hundreds of lives, and billions of Pounds of Property Damage, almost destroying the City, and collapsing the Junta. Argentina falls under a corrupt regime that has pseudo elections, that are patently rigged. They are funded and supported by the USA, in an attempt to lower British, and thus EU, influence in the region.

1975 - The EU begins to Federate, with a Supranational Government in charge of major foreign policy, and National Governments Controlling Infrastructure and the majority of the running of the Country.

1976 - Russia tests a Nuclear Weapon. The USA begins disarmament of Nuclear Weaponry

1977 - The EU launches a Space Station in several parts over the year.

1978 - The British Dominions are finally granted free rule by the EU. Australia and New Zealand Unite into the United Republics of Australia and New Zealand.

1979 - Argentina again attempts to invade the Falkland Islands. The EU invades the Nation, sparking the Argentine War.

1980s
1980 - EU forces establish a Beachhead in Argentina, but guerrillas in the Jungles bring the Mortality Rate up.

1981 - Buenos Aires is completely destroyed in a Carpet Bombing by the EU. Argentine Rebels continue to make life hell for EU soldiers as the EU pushes on. Cordoba is bombed, but to a lesser extent.

1982 - The EU withdraws from Argentina, having taken in excess of 213,000 casualties. EU forces withdraw, but a garrison of 1000 is left on the Falkland Islands.