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For other uses of Nazi, see Nazi (disambiguation).

"Nazis. I hate Nazis."
—Mick Rory[src]


The Nazi party ruled Nazi Germany, which participated on the side of World War II along with fascist Italy and imperial Japan. They opposed the Allies, which respectively included the Atlantic Theater's United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, & the Asia-Pacific Theater's Russia and China in Asia.

One of the commanding officers of the Nazi party.

One of the commanding officers of the Nazi party.

In 1944, they obtained a Thanagarian meteor, only to lose it in a clash with Vandal Savage and the Legends.[1] In a version of 1942 that appeared after the Legends destroyed the Time Masters, causing aberrations throughout the timeline to occur unabated, the Nazis, allied with Damien Darhk, would destroy New York City with a nuclear bomb, prolonging World War II to the year 1947 (albeit still ending in the Nazis' defeat, despite twelve million more casualties). However, This timeline was averted by the Legends.[2]

History

At one point in 1920, Adolf Hitler led the Nazi party, and started a bid for conquest of Germany, leading to World War II. However by the mid-22nd century, or according to Rip Hunter, he was a "rank amateur" compared to the likes of Vandal Savage (who united the world in 2166/at the forefront of the Thanagarian invasion of 2175), Julius Caesar (of the Roman Empire) and Per Degaton (of the Kasnia Conglomerate in 2133-2147's Republic of Kasnia from 2080), as far as conquerors went, according to Rip Hunter when he spoke to the Time Masters council.[3]

During World War II, every country on Earth (Earth-1) was trying to develop their ultimate weapon. The United States had "the Manhattan Project", the Nazi Germans had "das Uranverein", and the Japanese created the "Mirakuru". Also according to Dr. Valentina Vostok, when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, the country was reduced to ashes, only to rise again, stronger and harder. This historical experience motivated Dr. Vostok in her desire to create a Soviet Firestorm with Luskavic Labs' Operation Svarog at Koshmar/Nightmare Gulag in Moscow.[4]

The Nazis were at war with the Allies, including the United States in 1944. At Saint-Lô, France, the two sides were at the midst of battle, when the time-traveling Vandal Savage has arrived to claim his prize, a meteor from the planet Thanagar, a source of great powers. Sergeant Rock, one of the American combatants, wondered whether Kendra Saunders, a recent escapee of Savage, was running away from the Nazis, and from whom else, if not just them.[1]

A military caravan, led by a Nazi officer, took hold of the Thanagarian meteor and was transporting it near Saint-Lô through the Fontainebleau Forest when it was confronted by Vandal Savage. Speaking to the officer in German, Vandal Savage demanded for the meteor to be handed over to him. The officer did not take the immortal's demands seriously, ordering him to move, only to be attacked by Vandal. The struggle was soon joined by the members of Rip Hunter's team, who, fighting both the Nazis and Vandal Savage, tried to make sure the meteor does not end in Savage's hands, while his prisoners, Kendra Saunders and Scythian Torvil, escape. The battle ended with all the Nazis present, dead or otherwise knocked out.[1]

Due to the timeline aberrations that started to appear throughout history after the fall of the Time Masters during the destruction of the Vanishing Point, there was a possibility for a reality, in which the Nazis attacked the United States with a nuclear missile in 1942, to cement in time (in this timeline, the Nazis would still lose World War II by 1947, but with even more casualties - five million more - on the American side). Adolf Hitler's plan for this operation included the abduction of Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric and the cooperation of Damien Darhk, who provided the Nazis with uranium. A number of Nazi secret agents were sent to a Physics symposium at Columbia University in New York, where they prepared to abduct Dr. Einstein, disguised as decorated members of the military, whose exquisite decorations were instantly recognized by Rip Hunter and Mick Rory as fake. After realizing their cover was blown, the Nazis opened fire at the symposium's members, before being killed by Rip Hunter. In the meantime, Mick Rory and Martin Stein conducted a "friendly" abduction of their own, taking Einstein to the Waverider. The other Nazis, spied on by Sara Lance and Ray Palmer, were conducting a deal with Damien Darhk, who later acted as the commander of a Nazi U-boat located in the waters near New York City.[2]

The Legends countered the Nazis' plan and went on to stop a Nazi U-boat under command of Damien Darhk from destroying the city with the nuclear torpedo. In his anger, Darhk ordered a nuclear attack on the city in which the bomb was intercepted by the Waverider, which was hit by the missile, but not before scattering its crew throughout the timeline, but with Mick Rory left on the drifting timeship underwater, placed in time stasis. After being rescued by Oliver Queen and Nate Heywood on a submarine in 2016, Mick used the time ship to gather the Legends once again, and finely safeguard both Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric, disrupting the Nazis' plans. Meanwhile, on the U-boat, a Nazi naval officer came into conflict with Damien Darhk over the disruption of their plans. After the Nazi suggested using another bomb, Damien denied, double-crossing the organization's soldiers, and saying that his partner wants to "move on to other things". His partner being Eobard Thawne, the Reverse-Flash, all of the Nazis aboard the U-boat were immediately slaughtered by the meta-human speedster's devastating attack.[2]

The Legends would find themselves fighting the Nazis again very soon; After the time-traveling Eobard Thawne whisked the SS-Standartenführer Baron Krieger away from a group of Nazis in Paris, France, he presented him with a bargaining chip, a biomolecular enhancer that allowed to transform normal humans into meta-human berserkers for some time, in exchange asking for an item of some sort that Adolf Hitler didn't want to part with. A group of Nazis and Wehrmacht officers were stationed in a Parisian club Folies-Bergére in France, amongst them General Gord von Runstedt, who asked Martin Stein, disguised as Max Lorenz, to perform for the group. Von Runstedt also uncovered Ray Palmer's identity, seeing him refusing to do the Nazi salute, leading to fight with the Legends and the Justice Society of America. Baron Krieger later used the biomolecular enhancer, transforming into a creature he dubbed "der Übermensch", to combat members of the Legends and the JSA that targeted the Nazi caravan transporting the Askaran Amulet, with Krieger's forces capturing Ray Palmer and Amaya Jiwe.[5]

To buy some time, Palmer tried to banter with Baron Krieger, who threatened Amaya and forced Ray to produce more of Eobard Thawne's biomolecular enhancer. After Krieger left and a couple of Nazi-aligned soldiers entered, Ray and Amaya fought them off, freeing themselves. A number of Nazis followed them, along with the transformed Übermensch. The JSA and the Legends battled the Nazis again, with a U.S. Air Force plane's bombing run finally destroying Baron Krieger.[5]

Appearances

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4


Supergirl

Season 1

Season 3

Arrow

Season 6

Trivia

Nazi military/ flag (1935–1938) seen behind .

Nazi military/naval flag (1935–1938) seen behind Eobard Thawne.

A flag used by the of , the colors of which were inverted in the flag.

A flag used by the Army of Nazi Germany (Earth-X), the colors of which were inverted in the New Reich flag.

Behind the scenes

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Legendary"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Out of Time"
  3. ↑ "Pilot, Part 1"
  4. ↑ "Fail-Safe"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Justice Society of America"
  6. ↑ "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4"