1940s

This is a timeline of events that occurred in the 1940s.

#### 11th

* At Castle Kaufmann in the Bavarian Alps, Abraham Erskine injects Johann Schmidt with his Super Soldier Serum, but the serum horrifically transforms Schmidt, turning him into the Red Skull.

## 1941

### May

#### 25th

* Steve Rogers attends a baseball game at Ebbets Field in New York City.

### December

#### 7th

* The Attack on Pearl Harbor occurs, with the Japanese attacking the American military base, Pearl Harbor, located in Hawaii.

#### 8th

* President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares that the United States of America would build fifty thousand planes to fight in World War II. Howard Stark orders Stark Industries to begin producing planes for the war effort following the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

## 1942

### March

#### 3rd

* **Destruction of Castle Rock Tower**:
	+ Johann Schmidt, discovering that Tønsberg, Norway is the resting location of the Tesseract, leads a group of soldiers there in search of it.
	+ Schmidt orders his men to search the town, then arrives at Castle Rock Tower, finding a Church Keeper guarding it. Schmidt tells the Church Keeper that in return for telling him the location of the Tesseract, he will spare the people of Tønsberg. Schmidt kills the Church Keeper and orders his men to open fire on the town after finding Tesseract. He refers to it as "the jewel of Odin's Treasure Room" before taking it for himself.

### May

#### 22nd

* Mexico declares war on the Axis powers.

### June

#### 5th

* Franklin D. Roosevelt warns Japan that if they use chemical weapons, the U.S. will respond in kind.

#### 6th

* Japan captures the Alaskan island of Kiska.

#### 7th

* Japan captures the Alaskan island of Attu.

#### 10th

* The Schutzstaffel burns down the Czech village of Lidice in response to the assassination of *Obergruppenführer* Reinhard Heydrich.

#### 12th

* Nazi saboteurs land in Amagansett, New York, eventually leading the United States Coast Guard and FBI to investigate and arrest the Nazi spies.

#### 16th

* Nazi saboteurs land in Ponte Vedra Florida. They are quickly caught by the FBI.

#### 19th-24th

* Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conduct a series of meetings and agree to proceed with Operation "Gymnast".

#### 20th

* Fort Lenin surrenders to the Wehrmacht during the Siege of Sevastopol.

### July

#### 27th

* The First Battle of El Alamein ends in a stalemate as the British Armed Forces halted the Axis powers' advance.

### August

#### 8th

* The United States Marine Corps secure the airfield at Lunga Point during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

#### 22nd

* Brazil declares war on the Axis powers.

## 1943

### June

#### 4th

* In Argentina, a coup d'état removes Ramón Castillo from power.

#### 14th

* Steve Rogers goes to a recruitment office in New York City, but is denied, due to his numerous health issues.
* Rogers attends a movie, where a man was yelling during the movie. Steve tells the man to shut up, resulting in a fight. Bucky Barnes arrives and breaks up the fight. He tells Rogers that he has been accepted into the 107th Infantry Regiment.
* Rogers and Barnes attend the World Exposition of Tomorrow, witnessing Howard Stark's presentation about a flying car. During the presentation, Rogers goes to another recruitment office, and is witnessed by Abraham Erskine. Barnes returns to the Expo, leaving Rogers at the recruitment office.
* Erskine approaches Rogers, asking him if he wishes to kill Nazis, Rogers replies that he does not wish to kill anyone, and that he does not like bullies. This impresses Erskine, who offers Rogers a chance at military service through Project Rebirth.
* Johann Schmidt and Arnim Zola experiment with the Tesseract inside the HYDRA Headquarters. Zola remarks that their discoveries will change the war.

#### 15th

* At Camp Lehigh, New Jersey, Rogers and several other volunteers begin their training under the supervision of Erskine, Peggy Carter, and Colonel Chester Phillips.

#### 17th

* During one training exercise, Michael Duffy tells the recruits that if any of them can retrieve a flag from the top of the flagpole, they get a ride back to base. Instead of trying to climb the pole, Steve Rogers unhooks the pole, causing the flag to be in his reach, earning himself a ride back to base.

#### 21st

* While Steve Rogers does push-ups with the other recruits, Chester Phillips throws a dummy grenade at them, Rogers throws himself at the grenade, ready to sacrifice his life to save his fellow soldier.
* That night, Abraham Erskine explains the effects of the Super Soldier Serum to Rogers, telling him that he was chosen due to his good heart and his compassion. Rogers promises to Erskine that he will never change who he is, and that he will stay a good man.
* At the HYDRA Headquarters, while Johann Schmidt gets a portrait of himself painted, Arnim Zola walks in on him, who is surprised by Schmidt's appearance.

#### 22nd

* Steve Rogers is escorted by Peggy Carter to the Strategic Scientific Reserve Brooklyn Facility, in preparation for Project Rebirth.
* **Assassination of Abraham Erskine**:
	+ With Erskine's serum and Howard Stark's Vita Radiation technology, Steve Rogers is transformed into the world's first super soldier. Erskine is assassinated by Heinz Kruger, an operative of HYDRA. The only hope of replicating Project Rebirth's success is in Rogers' genetic code. Kruger runs away, managing to get to a submarine, but is caught by Rogers, who, using his newfound powers, manages to chase him down. Kruger commits suicide with a cyanide pill.
* Johann Schmidt meets with Schneider, Roeder, Hutter. The three men tell Schmidt about Adolf Hitler's distain for HYDRA, but before they can finish the evaluation, Schmidt has them killed, betraying Hitler.
* Due to Rogers being the only Super Soldier, Phillips refuses to let Rogers serve in the war.

#### 23rd

* Unwilling to be kept for research, Steve Rogers joins the USO and goes on a morale-boosting tours across the United States of America, including Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York City.
* Given the name 'Captain America' he becomes a national celebrity, appearing in films, comic books and card collections and establishing himself as a symbol of America's participation in the war.
* The Western Allies' bombing offensive sees massive successes as Nazi satellite state targets are obliterated.
* After a massively successful North African Campaign and invasion of Sicily, the Western Allies land in continental Italy.

### September

* Kriegsmarine U-boats torpedo a ship off the Virginia coast.
* After a massively successful North African Campaign and invasion of Sicily, the Western Allies land in continental Italy.
* U.S. bombers hit Italian warships thirty-five times.
* An RAF raid destroys several vital German dams.
* Wreckage of a U-boat is discovered on the U.S. East Coast by locals.
* Another wave of bombers targeting Nazi satellite states destroy their objectives.

### October

* **Battle of Azzano**: The 107th Infantry Regiment suffers heavy casualties fighting against the German Army and HYDRA. HYDRA openly fires at German troops, breaking ties with Nazi Germany.
* **Uprising at the Austrian HYDRA Weapons Facility**:
	+ At the HYDRA Weapons Facility in the Austrian Alps, a group of soldiers meet for the first time. As prisoners they are used to make weapons for HYDRA. They team up, at first, to get revenge on one of their captors who had viciously beat up Bucky Barnes.

### November

#### 3rd

* Captain America and the Star Spangled Singers do a show in Italy, but the crowd is not amused by Rogers. After the show, Rogers talks with Peggy Carter, who tells him that the 107th Infantry Regiment, including Bucky Barnes has been captured by HYDRA. Rogers asks Chester Phillips about a rescue plan, Phillips replies that there is no rescue plan. Rogers, upset by this, departs for Austria with help from Carter and Howard Stark.
* Stark flies a plane of HYDRA territory, Rogers jumps from the plane, telling Stark and Carter to turn back.
* At the HYDRA Headquarters, the prisoners of war are forced to begin assembling a large plane, known as the Valkyrie.
* **Liberation of Allied Prisoners of War**:
	+ Rogers sneaks inside the Austrian HYDRA Weapons Facility, in search of the Allied prisoners. During his search, Rogers memorizes a map of HYDRA facility locations and obtains a sample of the power source HYDRA was using. Rogers soon finds Dum Dum Dugan, Gabe Jones, Jim Morita, James Montgomery Falsworth and many other prisoners, freeing them all. The allied prisoners use HYDRA's own weaponry against them.
	+ Johann Schmidt initiates the building's self-destruct sequence, while he and Arnim Zola escape.
	+ After battling through a number of HYDRA agents, Rogers finds Barnes, in Zola's lab, rescuing him. The pair discuss Rogers' Super Soldier Serum transformation, during which, the building begins to ignite.
	+ While attempting to evacuate, Barnes and Rogers encounter Schmidt, who remarks that he was always Abraham Erskine's greatest successes, removing his prosthetic mask. Schmidt and Zola evacuate the building.
* During the chaos, Rogers, Barnes and hundreds of other Allied prisoners escape the facility.

#### 10th

* Steve Rogers is presumed dead, but soon arrives with hundreds of the soldiers he saved from the HYDRA facility. Rogers brings together some of the men he saved in the HYDRA base and creates a team that will eventually be known as the Howling Commandos.

#### 11th

* Howard Stark examines a sample of HYDRA's power, which will help him develop a framework to synthesize a new element. Steve Rogers meets with Stark, and is outfitted with a new uniform and a Vibranium shield.

## 1945

### February

#### 1st

* **Capture of Arnim Zola**:
	+ The Howling Commandos board a HYDRA train, on a mission to capture Arnim Zola. Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes and Gabe Jones board the train using zip lines. Once inside, the group split up, Rogers and Barnes head into the train and are met with many HYDRA agents using Tesseract powered weapons. During the conflict, Rogers uses his shield to block an incoming blast, creating a hole in the side of the train. Before Rogers can grab him, Barnes falls from the train, and is thought dead.
	+ Jones, who had been sneaking along the top of the train, reaches Zola, and captures him.

#### 4th

* Arnim Zola begins weeks of informing Phillips about Red Skull's plans, knowing it is his only route to potential survival and freedom.
* Steve Rogers remains out of action following Barnes' loss, stricken by grief.

#### 28th

* Red Skull promises to his HYDRA army that his plan to launch the Valkyrie against the United States of America will end in victory.
* Rogers, mourning the death of Bucky Barnes in the ruins of Whip & Fiddle, vows to defeat HYDRA and Red Skull.

### March

#### 1st

* **Attack on HYDRA Headquarters**:
	+ Captain America attacks the HYDRA Headquarters alone on his motorcycle which he uses to blow up the doors to the base. He has a quick fight before being surrounded and captured by HYDRA forces. He is taken before Red Skull but before he can be executed, the Howling Commandos zip-line through the window as Colonel Chester Phillips attacks the main gate. Red Skull retreats to the hangar and Rogers follows.
	+ Red Skull flees the scene and is followed by Rogers, Phillips and Carter. Red Skull boards the *Valkyrie*, attempting to enact his plan.
	+ Phillips and Carter drive Johann Schmidt's Coupe, giving Rogers a ride, Carter gives Rogers a kiss, before Rogers leaps onto the plane, seconds before takeoff.
* **Battle in the Valkyrie**:
	+ Once aboard the plane, Captain America discovers the bombs, and is attacked by various HYDRA agents. Rogers quickly dispatches the agents before they can board the bombs and take off in them. Rogers uses the maned bomb through the front windshield of the Valkyrie.
	+ Now faced with Red Skull, Rogers battles him, during the battle, the Valkyrie's controls are damaged. Red Skull laments to Rogers that he has seen the future, and it has no flags, Rogers replies that that isn't the case in his future. Red Skull grabs the Tesseract, in an attempt to use its power, but is banished to Vormir, cursed to be the guardian of the Soul Stone until 2018.
	+ Rogers quickly takes control of the plane, calling Carter, telling her that his only option to stop the bombs is to crash the plane, due to its autopilot sending it to New York City. Carter plans a date with Rogers for next Saturday, as Rogers flies the plane into the ground, where he would remain frozen for nearly 70 years. Rogers' radio cuts out, which brings Carter to tears.

#### 2nd

* After the apparent loss of Steve Rogers, Howard Stark continues working with the U.S. government, as well as a business partnership.

### May

#### 8th

* The Allied nations celebrate Victory in Europe Day. The Howling Commandos reunite to commemorate the sacrifice of Captain America.

#### 23rd

* Karl Dönitz and fellow post-Hitler Nazi politicians surrender to the British Armed Forces, marking the end of Nazi control over Germany.

### August

#### 6th

* **Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima**: The United States drops an atomic bomb onto the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

#### 9th

* **Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki**: An atomic bomb is dropped over the Japanese city of Nagasaki.

#### 2nd

* The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed, formally marking the end of World War II.

#### 20th

* The Wehrmacht is officially disbanded as the Nazi Party's control over Germany weakens.

## 1946

### February

#### 6th

* Howard Stark successfully recovers the Tesseract to then be studied by a new organization he wants to build.

## 1947

### August

#### 14th

* Pakistan declares independence from the United Kingdom.

### September

#### 18th

* The United States Air Force is founded.
* The Central Intelligence Agency is formed.
* The National Military Establishment, now the United States Department of Defense is formed.

## 1949

### October

#### 1st

* The Republic of China is proclaimed the People's Republic of China.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.60 1.61 1.62 1.63 1.64 1.65 1.66 1.67 1.68 1.69 1.70 1.71 1.72 1.73 1.74 1.75 1.76 Captain America : The First Avenger
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Iron Man
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Incredible Hulk
4. ↑ Iron Man 2