Timeline (Evil Empire)
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[edit] 20th Century(1919 onwards)
[edit] 1917
23 March : Gefrieter Adolf Hitler, is shot in the head by an allied trooper while reloading his rifle and dies on the spot. He is posthumously awarded the Iron Cross, First Class.
[edit] 1918
August 8 : Allies begin the Hundred Day Offensive.
October 29 : Constitution of the German Empire is being reformed. Rebellions break out.
November 9 : Weimar Republic is proclaimed.
[edit] 1920s
[edit] 1922
December 30 : The USSR is officially proclaimed.
April 3 : Joseph Stalin takes power as the leader of the USSR.
October 31 : The Italian Socialist Party candidate Benito Mussolini is elected the Prime Minister of Italy in a much disputed election result.
[edit] 1929
October 29 : Black Tuesday, Wall Street stock exchange crashes. The Great Depression starts.
[edit] 1930s
[edit] 1930
March 3 : Hermann Mueller’s (SPD) 2nd cabinet leaves office
June 30 : French troops leave the Rhineland ahead of schedule.
July 16 : Reichstag dissolved; first emergency decree by Reichspresident.
September 14 : Reichstag elections, gains by the Communist Party of Germany(KPD).
[edit] 1932
April 10 : Paul von Hindenburg reelected President of Germany.
July 20 : Von Papen dissolves Prussian government.
July 31: Reichstag elections where KDP becomes the largest party.
Novemeber 8 : F.D. Roosevelt is elected President of the United States
November 17 : Franz von Papen (Center) leaves office
December 3 : Kurt von Schleicher cabinet
[edit] 1933
January 28 : Kurt von Schleicher leaves office.
January 30 : KDP leader Hugo Eberlein is sworn in as the Chancellor of Germany.
March 4 : FDR's inaugration as the President of the USA.
March 23 : With support from all KDP MPs and almost all SDP MPs, Eberlein rushes the Liberation Act through the Reichstag, enabling Eberlein to rule by decree.
April 18 : There is a blast in the Reichstag, KDP MPs were not present that day. Most of the other MPs are killed off.
August 14 : The name of Germany is changed to German Democratic Republic. Eberlein formally announces the end of "bourgeoisie democracy" in Germany at a public meeting.
[edit] 1936
March 24 : Eberlein leaves for a tour to the Soviet Union.
March 27 : Eberlein & Stalin sign the German-Soviet Treaty of Alliance & Friendship, also known as the Leningrad Treaty.
July 16 : The contruction of the German People's Highways is almost complete.
November 3 : FDR is re-elected as the President of the USA.
July 17 : Spanish Civil War begins
[edit] 1937
February 27 : With the help of Austrian automotive engineer Porsche, Hugo Eberlein founds the Volkswagen(People's car) group.
September 9 : Stalin, Eberlein & Mussolini meet in Berlin and discuss a possible plan for "Global Liberation".
December 25 : On Christmas Day, German Democratic Republic & the Soviet Union sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, this time a friendship treaty.
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1938
March 20 : Eberlein, Stalin & Badoglio form the Tripartite Pact. According to the pact Germany will liberate Europe, the USSR will liberate Asia & Italy will liberate Africa. Eberlein & Stalin doubt Mussolini's true intentions and believe that his socialist inclinations are just a mask for his imperialist ambitions.
May 23 : Czechoslovakia mobilises most of its troops along the German border.
September 19 : German troops invade Sudetenland.
September 25 : Germany annexes Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia.
September 29 : German Domcratic Republic invades the remaining portion of Czechoslovakia.
December 31 : Czechoslovakia is now officially a part of Germany.
[edit] 1939
January 1 : Hewlett-Packard Company is founded.
January 27 : Eberlein orders Plan Z, a 5-year naval expansion programme intended to provide for a huge German fleet capable of crushing the Royal Navy by 1944. The Kriegsmarine is given the first priority on the allotment of German economic resources.
September 1 : Germany invades Poland, this begins a war with Britain & France.
September 2 : British & French troops arrive in Poland to help repel the German invasion. A day later Soviet troops arrive to back things up for Germany.
September 25 : Italian troops start pouring in. Any signs of victory now seem dim for Britain & France.
September 30 : Britain & France seek America's help but the U.S. is reluctant to enter the war because of the losses incurred in the First World War.
October 6 : British & French troops start withdrawing from Poland.
October 12 : Italian & Soviet troops start to leave Poland. German occupation is now complete.
November 1 : With the Polish Communist Party, the People's Republic of Poland is proclaimed.
[edit] 1940s
[edit] 1940
January 21 : Italy declares war on France.
January 28 : France surrenders. As a result all French colonies are now lawless
February 19 : Taking advantage of the lawlessness, Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam to be independent, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam is proclaimed with Ho Chi Minh as the premier.
February 20 : The Soviet Union & Germany immediately recognize Vietnam as an independent nation. Rebellions spread throughout Indochina as the remnant of French colonial officials & soldiers try to re-impose their rule in a futile last attempt.
February 21 : In a strategic move, Soviet Union starts supplying arms & troops to Vietnamese communists to set up their own army and also for stability in the region.
May 21 : Winston Chruchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as the Prime Minister of Britain.
May 25 : The last of the "bourgeoisie supporters" are wiped out of Vietnam. The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam is now being written on the lines of the Constitution of the USSR.
May 29 : Fearing the spread of communism, the Allied Conference is held. It is attended by U.S. President Roosevelt, Bitish PM Churchill & Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
May 31 : Japan "radically increases" its arms supply to the Chinese nationalists.
June 14 : Soviet troops land in China to help liberate the country.
June 15 : U.S. troops land in Britain. The naval fleet commanded by Admiral Nimitz arrives in Ireland.
June 16 : Germany declares war on America. The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
July 9 : Japanese troops enter China through the Eastern coast. Along with the Nationalist army, the Japanese troops march through China with tanks, jeeps & trucks, destroying almost every communist and anti-nationalists in the way.
July 10 : Soviet troops in East China have a similar story. The Sino-Soviet army marches through China to destroy all nationalist bases and hideouts. Battle of Britain begins in Europe. German People's Air Force begins to bomb cities of Britain.
August 24 : Eberlein asks German scientists & doctors to devise a "devastating fluid weapon" that can "kill instantly". The real aim is to create "nerve gas grenades" to be used against the Allies since the Allies are technologically better and have more manpower.
October 31 : The V2 missile project is officially established.
November 1 : War intensifies between Japanese & Soviet troops in China, while Axis troops start to feel the heat in Europe.
[edit] 1941
February 21 : German scientists announce that they have completed Stage 1 of the nerve gas grenade project.
April 2 : America starts sending military aid to Japan.
October 16 : War continues. Seeing stagnation and less progress, the Axis leaders hold a secret meeting. In a significant move, they decide to decrease their aim of Global Liberation to that of Europe & China only. Badoglio is agitated at this as he is forced to end his "Umbrella States projects" in Africa
October 21 : Meanwhile, the Stage 2 of the nerve gas grenade project is complete.
[edit] 1942
January 1 : The Final Stage of the nerve gas grenade project is complete. A prototype of the "Liberation Weapon" is tested on an American P.O.W.
May 21 : Hugo Eberlein allows the use of Liberation Weapon on every "enemy of Marxism" but still not on ordinary civilians, not until they turn against the troops.
May 23 : German troops have completely occupied France. Invasion of Britain starts. Nerve gas grenades are ruthlessly used. The U.S.-British troops are forced to retreat.
May 25 :Knowing there is no victory now, the Royal Family escapes to Canada. The Queen hastily transfers Canada to the United States. India is also granted independence, although officially, it is a dominion. It remains a dominion until the Constitution of India is completed.
June 30 : Italian dictator Mussolini dies in a tragic car crash.
July 2 : Italy & its territories comes now become the Socialist Republic of Italy.
August 1 : The ruthless use of nerve gas grenades(Liberation Weapons) have caused the deaths of about 140,000-160,000 U.S. & 100,000 British troops. The American Forces, including the Naval Fleets and the remnants of the British Forces withdraw to Ireland. More than half of the mainland Britain is overrun by German-Soviet troops.
August 15 : India is formally granted independence. Sardar Vallabhai Patel becomes the Prime Minister of India. India is not paritioned in the ATL as Mahatma Gandhi does not send Jinnah to the Muslim League to gain support for the Congress as in OTL.
August 21 : FD Roosevelt & Hirohito meet Stalin & Eberlein. A peace treaty is signed b/w the two. According to the treaty, Russia & Germany would stay out of the Americas provided The Allies stay out of Europe.
August 23 : Meanwhile, in China, the country is divided into the People's Republic of China in the east with Mao Zedong as head & the Republic of China.
August 24 : World War 2 formally ends with all European countries except Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Portugal & Turkey now under communist rule.
September 25 : US President Roosevelt arrives in India for his tour.
September 29 : Subhas Chandra Bose resigns from the Indian National Congress & leaves for Russia. Bose believes that it is better for India to align with the Soviets, even if it is at the cost of democracy, as he believes that "the West might try to colonise India again".
September 30 : India & the USA sign the Delhi Peace Pact. This pact allies India with the United States and Japan in any future war. In return, India is granted huge sums of money for its development programmes. Roosevelt leaves India.
December 31 : Subhas Chandra Bose is presumed dead in a plane crash while returning to India. His body is never discovered. Some speculate that he died in Japanese captivity.
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