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 for the invasion, code named '' 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.
 * Free british forces under the control of general O'Connor, decisively defeat italian troops trying to invade Egypt

1942

 * On March 17, 1942, just after the spring thaw made the USSR passable, the massive German armies invaded in . The simple fact that the USSR was the last power on the continent gave Stalin an idea that they might attack, but everyone was unprepared for the speed and force with which Germany would attack. In just a few days panzer units advanced more than 200 miles, wiping out the Red Army and taking millions prisoner. By July 1 German forces were approaching Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev. on July 22nd, the germans take Moscow. the first tank to enter the red square is one of the new Tiger Tanks, that had just entered service. Once those three cities were taken, and defensive lines established, German soldiers set up defensive lines around the cities and waited for winter. In the south, in Ukraine, troops continued to advance to the edge of the Ukraine before digging in, as the winter there would be less harsh and come later. During the winter of 1942-1943 the defending Red Army did all it could to regroup. Rather than continue to conquer and overextend German forces, the German army sent groups of scout troops to round up all citizens within 100 miles of the front lines, and along with the already-captured soldiers and captive citizens of the areas already conquered, these people proved to be potent hostages. Germany threatened to kill every last one of them unless Stalin surrendered himself, and Russia withdrew its border to the Ural Mountains.


 * German army units under the control of general Erwin Rommel decisively defeat the free british forces in Egypt at the battle of Alamain

1943

 * On February 7, 1943, the Japanese attack the American fleet at Pearl Harbour. They achieve complete surprise, and destroy 80% of the Pacific fleet, including all of its aircraft carriers. Three days later, on February 1943, the 3rd flotilla invades Hawaii. By March of that year, the islands are firmly in Japanese hands.
 * At the same time, the Japanese army goes on the offensive, invading the Philippines, Guam, Midway, Singapore and Burma.
 * On July 4th, the Soviet Union unleashes its final strength in a massive summer offensive, code named ''. the offensive consists of several Siberian divisions, 30 new divisions hastily raised over the winter of 42-43, and large amounts of tanks being manufactured in the Ural factories, including KV1s, T34s, SU 85s and SU76s. the offensive takes the German forces off guard, pushing the German army back all across the front.
 * Rommels Panzer army Naher Osten (near East) invades palestine and iraq, ands supported by Rashid Alis Iraqi troops, smashes the british forces there.

1944

 * Stalingrad is taken after a 6 month struggle costing 100,000 lives.
 * Panzer army Naher Osten dives through persia and takes baku in the Caucauses, cutting of soviet oil
 * Australia is invaded
 * Japan invades far eastern Siberia in

1945

 * Hitler proclaims victory in Europe, only America remains.
 * is launched on August 12.
 * gibralter is Invaded and taken by a joint german/Spanish force.

1946

 * American troops in New Zealand surrender on January 27th
 * America is hit by 3 German atom bombs
 * World War II ends on April 20th, with the signing of the Treaty of Tokyo

1947

 * Construction begins on the Arch of Victory in Berlin.

1948

 * by now, all the Jews in Europe are dead, and most of the Death Camps have been destroyed.

1949

 * construction begins on the mammoth Volkshalle.
 * the New german Headed European Union is formed, with its headquarters in berlin. in practice, it is Powerless

1950

 * The between Romania and Hungary begins on July 27th.

1951

 * Germany opens the worlds first Atomic power reactor.

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, and when it crashes, it sets 200 acres of grassland ablaze.
 * Increasing tensions between Germany and Japan

1953

 * German GDP now higher than Japan's.
 * Valkyre 2 lifts off on April 20th, coinciding with Hitler's 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 apologizes for the attacks of Pearl Harbor; the Empire promises to return the Hawaiian archipelago in 50 years. Meanwhile, the strict Japanization policy in Hawaii 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 success, though the rocket explodes on re-entry, killing all the crewmembers.

1955

 * The von-Braun space station is by now 45% complete, with 4 of the space rockets destroyed, either on takeoff or in space.
 * Japan tests its first Atom bomb on the island of bikini atoll.
 * The Translvanyian War Between Romania and Hungary ends.

1956

 * April 20th- completion of the Braun armed space station. It is christened '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.
 * the Volkshalle is completed. this is the biggest building ever built, and is hailed as one of the wonders of the world

1957

 * The United States tests the world's first hydrogen bomb, giving them a new threat to use against the Japanese Empire and the German Reich.
 * Canada and Cuba sign a mutual treaty with the United States, and late adopts the same currency. however neither country wants to join the US, just move closer diplomatically.

1958

 * the Germans launch a Rocket from the Von Braun station into the sea offshore from new york, to demonstrate their orbital superiority. Most of the US is still very isolationist

1959

 * Japan Pulls out from its Occupation of Alaska six years early

1960

 * Ocenanian uprising- People in Australia and New Zealand rise against the occupying Japanese. the uprising is covertly aided by the US. the Uprising is crushed by the 17th of July.

1961

 * Tensions grow between Brazil and Argentina.

1962

 * Mexico signs a Treaty with the US, in order to gain aid for fighting the german sponsored 'Liberation army'

1963

 * the new Union of South America is formed. this is a separate institution designed to promote south America, and keep it clear of the Cold war
 * The liberation army in Mexico is defeated.

1965

 * The Fuhrers 75th birthday. a mass of celebrations are held all over the German Reich.

1968

 * Donald Rumsfeld becomes the youngest US president at 36. he begins to secretly send weapons to the soviet partisans in the Urals, Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, the UVF in Ireland, Chechen militias and Ho Chi Minh's guerrillas in Indochina.

1969

 * Ho Chi Minh's forces in Indochina win a spectacular victory over the Japanese forces at the battle of Short Tam

1970

 * Unit 731 of the Japanese Army unleash a Super virus in Vietnam, which over the course of several Months kills over 5 Million, and cripples the Vietminh.
 * The UVF in Ireland assassinate the local Gestapo Chief.

1971

 * the begins, when Swedish separatists revolt.  Quisling is caught and executed to a cheering mob.
 * the German Lunar program begins, the plan is to have a man on the moon by 1975

1972

 * German Horten 28 stealth jet bombers bomb Stockholm with Nerve gas, killing thousands. at the same time, German army units drive into Sweden,smashing the rebels and ending the civil war.
 * the German embassy in Washington lodges a complaint, and demands the halting of weapons supplies to resistance groups, which is strongly denied by the US. however many in the Us see the using of money to fund resistance groups as a waste of taxpayers money. Especially the Hippies want to find a raproachment with Germany and Japan, despite the atrocities they committed.

1973

 * Adolf Hitler dies of a stroke, age 85, on July 17th. there is mourning all over the Third reich. Himmler becomer the second Fuhrer of Germany. many hope this will help thaw the cold war.
 * Japan puts its first man into space, carried by a Shiki 64 Rocket.
 * a Major demonstration in America by hippies against supporting the guerrilla war is Broken up with force. footage of the Police and national guard beating up the Hippies is shown all over the world. The Axis powers capitalize on this and use it in their propaganda
 * Due to the 'free love' era, HIV/AIDS begins to be commonplace among hippies. Rumsfeld's approval ratings drop significantly when he signs an executive order Quarantining San Francisco.

1974

 * Argentina invades Brazil, beginning the First Latin American War. Himmler secretly sends arms to Argentina, while America covertly supports Brazil. The Union of South America disintegrates as members switch between Brazil or Argentina. this Polarizes the south American continent, the last truly neutral place on earth.
 * Valkyre 13 reaches the moons orbit, and orbits the moon, but is destroyed upon re-entering earths orbit.

1975

 * Peru signs a Co-Operation treaty with the United States. Germany and Japan send letters to Rumsfeld demanding that he should stop expanding.
 * April 20: The Valkyre 14 becomes the first manned mission to land on the Moon. At 13:32:00 UTC, Viktor Kraus, the veteran Raumfahrer becomes the first man to land on the moon. After describing the surface dust, he stepped off the craft's footpad and into history as the first human to set foot on another world, famously describing it as "Es ist ein kleiner Schritt für den Führer, aber ein großer Schritt für das Vaterland." ("It is one small step for the Führer, but one big leap for the fatherland"). The lunar landing becomes a massive victory for Germany, and confirms their superiority in space.
 * the U.S. Presidential Elections begin.

1976

 * a Japanese nuclear submarine blows up of the coast of California. the Mushroom cloud is visible from Los Angeles. Some Japanese Suspect American sabotage, and this worsens Diplomatic relations
 * The Latin American war is stopped when Rumsfeld and Himmler fear the consequences of a Nuclear war and call a peace conference at St. Helena.
 * By some sort of miracle, Donald Rumsfeld wins the presidency.

1977

 * the quarantine of San Francisco ends
 * America finally puts its first man into space, with the Mercury 4.

1978

 * Germany begins construction of the new Von Braun Mk II space station. this station is 35% bigger, with an Integral Nuclear Missile Launcher, defensive Antimissiles, and the most Powerful computer in the world installed on it. This alarms the Japanese because they allegedly weren't consulted beforehand.
 * A rocket carrying Key components for the Von Braun Mk II explodes at the launch pad. The Germans begin to suspect that the Japanese were responsible.  The mastermind of the attacks is unknown to the present day, but Relations between the Japanese and Germans are the worst so far.

1979

 * Unit 731 accidentally release a virus which mutates and spreads across Asia, killing half a billion people. Many Germans note that EVERYONE who was infected died, even the supposed master race fell victim to the virus, and this changes normal German outlook.  The Nazis make a botched attempt to censor this information about entire "Aryan" towns being wiped out by the virus, which cause many Germans to start feel disillusionment about Racial Hygiene.  The Japanese are outraged after the same propaganda says that the Japanese were more susceptible to the virus because of their race, which hampers relations between them and Germany.

1980

 * Seizing the initiative, Rumsfeld begins funding partisans again.
 * After a Japanese/German inquiry into the infection's source, they determine Unit 731 was the source of the infection. As a punishment, it is disbanded and all the viral samples are to be destroyed.  This strains German-Japanese relations very seriously and people on both sides fear total annihilation.

1981

 * Over fears of a nuclear war, Rumsfeld calls a conference at Honolulu, where the US, Germany and Japan agree to limit the amount of WMDs they possess. It also includes a clause (on japan's insistence) that states all nuclear weapons in space are to be decommissioned. germany however refuses to de-commission the Von Braun stations, citing them as the key to Germanys defense policy, and another one (on Germany's insistence) that all production of viruses for warfare are to be banned. This treaty confirms the German-Japanese Axis is dead.

1982

 * 'Wilhelm', the first Von Braun station built, is De-comissioned after 26 years of service. the Station falls from Orbit and crashes into the Siberian Tundra.

1984
By this stage, the world is carved up between three factions: Germany, Japan and the USA.