1933: The night that Adolf Hitler was announced Chancellor of Germany, the ecstatic politician practically skipped out of the hotel that he had been in when the news was announced. As he worked his way through the crowd that had formed at the hotel steps, he overheard through the din a young boy ask his mother a question: "Mommy, do you think we'll ever go to the moon?" That question stuck in Hitler's mind, and by the end of the week had consumed him. He sent out an order to gather the brightest minds in physics, aerodynamics, astronomy, and rocketry. In a month when those minds had been found and brought to Berlin, he explained the question that had become his new goal in life and asked them, "...can you make it happen?"
1934: Hitler becomes dictator of Germany and names himself Fuhrer of the Third Reich. Europe becomes worried.
1935: The newly revitalized army of Germany annexes Austria and the Sudetenland before closing their borders. The world holds their breath as they wait for more from Germany, yet nothing happens. Visitors into German controlled lands report a fascination with space and space travel.
1942: Japan launches begins a campaign of conquest on China and swiftly takes the Chinese coastlines before moving along the northern border utilizing theoretical blitzkrieg tactics from their former ally of Germany. USSR moves troops to their border with China to ensure that Japan doesn't attack. Minor skirmishes occur between Japan and USSR as Japan moves along the border between Russia and China. Skirmishes end as Japanese forces reach the western border of China and continue southward. By December, Japan controls China's borders from Hong Kong to the western edge of China's border with Korea.
1943: Japan completely encloses China's borders and begin pushing inward. Japan accepts China's surrender on 19 September. Having conquered China, Japan begins to march south into the countries that border China. By December Japan has conquered half of the nations between China and the Indian Ocean.
1944: Japan finishes its conquest of mainland Asia. Japanese planes begin bombing USA military forces in the Philippines as troop transports begin depositing soldiers on the beaches. President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan. Congress does so.
1945: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated, sparking violent revolution in India against British rule. Britain denies involvement in Gandhi's assassination and starts investigation. War between Japan and US continues.
1945: British investigation into Gandhi's assassination ends without results, protestors see it as proof of British involvement. Britain forced to violently quell rebellion. German lands celebrate as the first artificial satellite, the Hellen Stern, launches and begins transmitting information back to Earth. Close friends and colleagues later claim it was the only time they saw Hitler cry. USA manages to retake Phillipines.
1946: USA pushes into Japanese lands that were once Vietnam. Aided by guerrilla fighters called Vietcong, Japan is pushed out of Vietnam. USA diplomats convince USSR to attack Japanese forces in northern China to divert Japan's attention. With Japan's attention now split, USA forces sweep through Asia.
1947: USA captures up to China's borders. Chinese diplomats call for a cease-fire between Japan, USA, and USSR. China agrees to remain under Japanese control so long as more war isn't brought to their lands. USA and USSR agree and USA begins aid efforts in lands devastated by both Japanese and American war efforts.
1950: Germany launches second satellite, Hitlers Ruhm, into Earth orbit and prepares first manned mission into space. Hitler begins developing heart problems.
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