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World War II divergences
1943

July - Red Army attacks Wehrmacht during Kursk offensive. Soviet forces mishandle the offensive and receives massive casualties during attacks against well-defended positions. While victorious, Stalin and his generals are forced to be more cautious in future.

September - Allied invasion of Italian Mainland begins. Benito Mussolini is killed during his escape attempt. Armistice is signed between new Italian government and the western powers. Due to lacks in German armies on the peninsula and 82nd Airborne Division (American) landing in Rome, Germans are less successful than OTL and fail to seize Rome (but inflict big casualties on civillians and completely destroys several historical areas including Vatican City, uniting Italians against Germans). As a result, Allied forces are capable of making greater gains than OTL, while Italian resistance is stronger.

1944

June - Western Allies successfuly land in Normandy.
August - Liberation paris turns badly when German forces begin to destroy the city (similar to OTL Warsaw). Dwight D. Eisenhower dies in a chemical attack perpetrated by SS forces (as a response, United States' Air Forces use chemical weapons against the city of Essen). George Patton takes over seat of the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Germany (no slapping incident).
September - Operation Market Garden is successful. Allies cross the Rhine in a rapid advance.

1945

February - Allied forces defeat German counteroffensive and seizes Potsdam. Chancellor Hermann Goering surrenders to General Patton.
August - Southern California is attacked by biological weapons during Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night (August 5). Nuclear bomb over Hiroshima explodes (August 6). Nuclear bomb over Nagasaki fails to explode and is recovered by the Japanese Army. In the same day, Red Army crosses into Manchuria and engages Imperial japanese Army. As immediate result to the Cherry Blossoms at Night, American air forces dropped anthrax on the Home Islands.
September - four nuclear bombs are dropped over Japan - in Yokohama, Kokura, Kyoto and Osaka (September 19). Japanese government surrenders a day later.

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