Victory Day

**Victory over America Day**, or simply **VA Day**, was the day on which the Nazi and Axis forces "liberated" the United States of America in their world.

## Overview

Celebrated every September 18th, VA Day replaced the 4th of July, which is no longer celebrated in the American Territories, as part of the Greater Germanic Reich's, Italian Empire's and the Japanese Empire's efforts to smother any remembrance of the former United States and its traditions (most of which failed).

With the capture and execution of the last of the American Resistance, who had managed to resist for almost two years after the United States of America surrendered in 1945, Adolf Hitler declared the holiday on September 18th of 1947. With the official defeat of the Resistance, no force was left to oppose the Nazi and Japanese stranglehold on the world, and marked the end of the Second World War with an Axis victory.

### Jahr Null

**Jahr Null**, or **Year Zero**, was a Nazification social-engineering initiative and a cultural genocide carried out by the Greater Germanic Reich in Nazi America beginning in Summer of 1963. The goal of Jahr Null was to erase all traces of American history and national identity and encourage new and future generations to identify as contributing citizens of the Reich. Nicole Dörmer oversaw the planning for much of the initiative alongside collaborator Billy Turner( who was later imprisoned for his collaboration with the Nazis.

In reality, it was a violent, cultural revolution and a political and cultural purge that involves a forced assimilation and a cultural genocide.

Numerous American landmarks and icons were slated for destruction, including Mount Rushmore, Independence Hall, and the Alamo. The Liberty Bell was melted down and used to make a Nazi swastika, and the Statue of Liberty was demolished during Jahr Null's opening ceremony to make way for a new monument called The "New Colossus".

The onset of Jahr Null inspired the Hitler Youth across New York City and D.C to take to the streets, where they attacked elderly citizens and vandalized or set fire to schools, museums, and libraries, actions which *Reichsführer-SS* Heinrich Himmler praised as reminiscent of *Kristallnacht*. As Himmler watched the demonstrations, he was shot by an American sniper, who was furious at the attack on the American people and identity. Jahr Null was called off seeing it had failed to erase the US, only making the american people angry and the resistance stronger. Z-Tech during its invansion of the American Territories had begun to form lynch mobs to kill any remaining axis citizens living in the US as a retaliation for the Axis oppression and discrimination of the American people. They may also presumably plan to kill any Americans who are loyal to and collaborated with the Axis.

Following the withdraw of the japanese and the death of Frau Engel, Bill whitcroft (possibly the new president of the assumed restored US) made VA Day and Jahr Null no longer celebrated and offically banned the holiday and restored the Official holiday of the 4th of July.

The Statue of Liberty is being torn down.Hitler Youth members celebrating Year Zero.
## Notes & Trivia

* The holiday is a play on the real-world "Victory in Europe Day" or "VE Day", which celebrates the defeat of the Nazi forces in the European Theatre.
* This Nazification event was a violent, cultural revolution and a political and cultural purge that involves a forced cultural assimilation and a cultural genocide.
* "Jahr Null" is a German phrase for "Year Zero." This terminology was also used by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in our timeline.
* The phrase "New Colossus" is a reference to Emma Lazarus' poem *The New Colossus*, used to promote the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. *Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus*, also set in a world where the Nazis achieved global domination, also references the same poem. The video game story, also tells that the Nazis are planning to erase the American culture, national identity, and history, similar to *The Man in the High Castle series*.