Forces led by several superhuman warlords, some claiming to sent from or incarnations of God fight over the cities. November SS Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich, organiser of the deportation of the Jews, dies in a car accident. Albert Einstein is found dead at his home. At the Auschwitz concentration camp three shadows come to life and murder their owners. Several warlords, both superhuman and not, struggle for control of Afghanistan and north-west India.
Japan invades Indonesia.
For the first time they use multiple-launch rocket systems, which prove very effective. Thousands of refugees flee southwards towards Australia. In the firestorm bombing of Jakarta a superhuman, some kind of burning figure nicknamed 'Phosfiend', is created and rampages around the countryside. The US starts to turn away refugee ships from the UK, claiming it is unable to support this number of immigrants. The domestic situation in the USA continues to worsen.