World War II ( Temporal War ) World War II was a conflict in an alternate timeline created as a side effect of the Temporal War . The war also existed in the original timeline , but with significant differences . Origins and Na ' kuhl interference . The conflict was set in an alternate timeline which was believed to have originated when a temporal agent from an unknown faction of the Temporal Cold War appeared on Earth in the year 1916 and assassinated Vladimir Lenin . As a result , Russia never turned to communism , which caused Germany to never consider it a threat . ( ) When the Temporal Cold War devolved into a Temporal War , a faction known as the Na ' kuhl became trapped on Earth in this timeline , a few year s before 1944 . Their goal became to build a temporal conduit through which to return to their time , and for that purpose , they decided to align with Nazi Germany . They supplied the Nazis with advanced weapons in exchange for resources to build their time machine . As part of the alliance , the Na ' kuhl were required to take an oath to defend Germany . The conduit was being constructed in a New York City facility using resources provided by the Germans . ( ) War . Without a Russian threat , Germany was able to focus on the west . France , Belgium , and the Netherlands fell , and then England . Winston Churchill seemingly escaped , as by 1944 , he was giving radio speeches boosting British morale . ( ) Germany also attacked Russia at some point , and while Russian forces were not completely defeated , the Nazis managed to capture Moscow . Further battlefields included Africa and the Pacific . The forces opposing Germany were called the Allies . ( ) Conquest and occupation of the United States . After the conquest of England , German forces invaded and took the eastern United States . New York City was captured quickly , with people fleeing Manhattan as tank s rolled up Flatbush Avenue , eventually spreading into Manhattan . The President vowed to persevere , but shortly thereafter Washington , DC was evacuated and then occupied . ( ) By 1944 , German forces controlled Washington D . C . , as well as the states of Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont , Rhode Island , Delaware , Maryland , Massachusetts , Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Virginia , West Virginia , most of North Carolina , and parts of Ohio and South Carolina . However , American forces continued to control the rest of the country , and in fact had been battling German forces in Virginia and Ohio . ( ) The captured territories were overseen by an unnamed Wehrmacht generalmajor , stationed in the captured White House . Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring at one point after the occupation toured New York , receiving a parade and visiting the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty . The Luftwaffe , the German air force , also maintained a presence in the occupied territories , overseen by a Luftwaffe regional command . One of the planes they operated was the , with plasma cannon s refitted , Stuka . ( ) The German occupation was oppressive , with colored music being banned and severe rations placed on meat . In response to actions by the American Resistance , the occupiers placed further restrictions onto the rations , blaming the actions of the resistance . German soldiers in their interactions with African - Americans also claimed to look forward to sending these people back to Africa . The SS was particularly ruthless during the occupation , as they were not beyond indiscriminately rounding up unarmed civilians , shooting and killing at least one of them in the street , and were not hesitant to torture prisoners as well . Nonetheless , German propaganda called for a " prosperous alliance " between Germany and America . ( ) A resistance movement sprung up , finding members among Irish gangs , dockworkers , coloreds , and even broads . By 1944 , in the New York City area alone German intelligence suggested more than 5000 resistance fighters . American military forces continued to be stationed in unoccupied parts of the country , including San Francisco , which was defended by P - 51 Mustang fighter aircraft . ( ) Situation in 1944 . By 1944 , German forces held significant parts of Europe and North America , including the cities of Washington , DC and Moscow . However , while no one had expressed this to the Fuhrer , there was a widespread belief in the military that Germany had advanced too far , too quickly . There had been setbacks in Africa , and the Russians had been attempting to retake Moscow . ( ) American forces were also active in the Pacific Ocean with the war not going well for the United States . At some point before 1944 , the US Navy aircraft carrier " " was sunk . Alicia Travers , misled by his uniform patches , later asked Jonathan Archer if he had somehow managed to escape the carrier " Enterprise " prior to its destruction . At least two carriers were still in active service and stationed in the San Francisco area . Alicia Travers ' husband was on a destroyer in the Pacific . ( ) Also in 1944 American and German forces battled in Virginia and Ohio . The situation became such that German lines were dangerously thin , and supply routes were under constant attack from resistance fighters . Americans ultimately launched their counterattack , confirmed by German intelligence sources shortly before as certain to happen within days . It started when three American divisions crossed the Ohio River , with two more starting to move on Washington from the South . Heavy bombing in eastern Pennsylvania and southern Virginia followed . The closest the fighting came to New York City , at this stage , was a hundred kilometers south . ( ) At the same time a New York newspaper reported that truce talks had recessed . The Reds and the UN were apparently involved in this story , as was a person called Clark . ( ) Resolution . After the starship " Enterprise " destroyed the Xindi weapon , the ship was somehow unable to contact Starfleet Command , and its occupants soon realized that they were stranded in this timeline . ( ) " Enterprise " captain Jonathan Archer meanwhile had been captured as a German POW in the occupied part of the United States . He was rescued by the resistance , initially mistaking him for a survivor from the aircraft carrier " Enterprise " . When a man named Sal explained the situation , Archer decided to get involved . He discovered the presence of the Na ' kuhl , and then the existence of the temporal conduit . " Enterprise " entered the planet ' s atmosphere and destroyed the facility , which resulted in the negation of the timeline and prevention of the Temporal War . ( )