Across the continent several tens of thousands die of cold and starvation. Mount Hekla in Iceland erupts, doing widespread damage. Al Capone dies in prison. December The first successful kidney transplant is performed by German doctors at the medical research centre associated with the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Following negotiations between Germany, Italy, Spain, Vichy France and Turkey, Europe, Africa and the Middle East are divided up amongst them.
Clashes occur against the rebels in the former Belgian Congo.
Turkey signs a number of agreements with Italy and Germany ensuring supplies of oil from the Middle Eastern oil fields. After a series of epidemics in 'free' China and the USSR, rumours surface that Japan is using biological warfare. This is denied. Berlin starts to be rebuilt to the plan of Speer. An earthquake at Fukui, Japan, kills 5100 people.