World War II

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Contents 1 Event Synopsis 2 Synopsis 3 History 3.1 Pre-War: Early 1940's 3.2 1945 4 Notes 5 Trivia 6 See Also 7 Links and References

Event Synopsis

World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict fought between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers, from 1939 until 1945.

Synopsis

Event Locations: Europe, Asia, Africa, Pacific Ocean
First Appearance: First appearance unknown
Cast of Characters:

• Adolf Hitler
• Invaders
• All-Winners Squad
• Liberty Legion
• Master Man
• Red Skull
• Winston Churchill
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Captain America
• Magneto
• Wolverine
• The Twelve
• Brain Drain

Synopsis: World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict fought between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers, from 1939 until 1945.

History

Pre-War: Early 1940's

• In the early 1940's, before the United States entered World War II, the Red Skull was particularly involved with subversive activities in the United States. The United States government created the costumed persona of Captain America so that there would be a costumed counterpart to the Red Skull. It was in the United States, before America officially entered World War II, that the Red Skull had his first conflicts with Steve Rogers, the original Captain America, the man who became his principal and perennial nemesis.

• Captain America, his sidekick Bucky, the original android Human Torch, the Torch's sidekick Toro, and Namor the Sub-Mariner acted together to oppose the forces of Nazism. When these superheroes saved the life of Prime Minister Winston Churchill from Master Man, the thankful Churchill suggested that they should become a team, known as the Invaders.

1945

• During the final days of the war, on or before April 18, 1945 ^[1] Captain America was trying to stop a bomb-loaded drone-plane launched by Nazi technician Baron Heinrich Zemo when the plane exploded, apparently killing his partner Bucky; and throwing Cap unhurt into icy Arctic waters. The Super-Soldier Formula prevented crystallization of Captain America's bodily fluids, allowing him to enter a state of suspended animation. He was later found and revived by the Avengers.

• On April 30, 1945 The Human Torch killed Hitler in self defense, in Hitler's bunker. Hitler's consciousness would survive in the form of the Hate-Monger.

• Magneto is incarcerated in the Auschwitz concentration camp. He meets his wife Magda there and escapes with her during its evacuation.

• Wolverine fights as a commando/special agent for the Canadian Army. He may have also been a spy for the Allied Forces and it was recently revealed that he may have spent time in the Sobibor concentration camp.
  

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Trivia

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See Also

• Pages referring to the "World War II" event
• Event Gallery: World War II

Links and References

• None.