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* HistoricalAU: Takes the characters of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and imagines an alternate world where they lived alongside humans. The story is then set in World War II.
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* MugglesDoItBetter: For all their magical powers, it's ultimately a big question mark if Equestria made a significant contribution to the war effort on the grand scale. Justified, as it stated many times in the story that Equestria was ill-prepared for war due to it's neutrality in many conflicts in the past.

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* MugglesDoItBetter: For all their magical powers, it's ultimately a big question mark if Equestria made a significant contribution to the war effort on the grand scale. Justified, as it stated many times in the story that Equestria was ill-prepared for war due to it's its neutrality in many conflicts in the past.



* ShownTheirWork: The author states that hedid a lot of research of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

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* BeingGoodSucks:
** Leslie chooses to vote in favour of legalising human-Equestrian marriage and gets his political career killed for it.

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* AlternateUniverse: Equestria is an island located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, They've been living alongside humans since the beginings of time.



* MugglesDoItBetter: For all their magical powers, it's ultimately a big question mark if Equestria made a significant contribution to the war effort on the grand scale.

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* MugglesDoItBetter: For all their magical powers, it's ultimately a big question mark if Equestria made a significant contribution to the war effort on the grand scale. Justified, as it stated many times in the story that Equestria was ill-prepared for war due to it's neutrality in many conflicts in the past.


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* ShownTheirWork: The author states that hedid a lot of research of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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In an AlternateHistory where Equestria and its sapient magical ponies are present on Earth, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII initially begins without their involvement. When Nazi hatred of the lesser races spreads beyond anti-Semitism to include Equestrians, however, the Princesses refuse to stand by any longer.

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In an AlternateHistory where Equestria and its sapient magical ponies are present on Earth, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII initially begins without their involvement. When Nazi hatred of the lesser races spreads beyond anti-Semitism to include Equestrians, however, the Princesses [[NeutralNoLonger refuse to stand by any longer.
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* MugglesDoItBetter: For all their magical powers, it's ultimately a big question mark if Equestria made a significant contribution to the war effort on the grand scale.

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In an AlternateHistory where Equestria and its sapient magical ponies are present on Earth, World War II initially begins without their involvement. When Nazi hatred of the lesser races spreads beyond anti-Semitism to include Equestrians, however, the Princesses refuse to stand by any longer.

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In an AlternateHistory where Equestria and its sapient magical ponies are present on Earth, World War II UsefulNotes/WorldWarII initially begins without their involvement. When Nazi hatred of the lesser races spreads beyond anti-Semitism to include Equestrians, however, the Princesses refuse to stand by any longer.



* VigilanteExecution: Just like in reality, Joachim Peiper eventually met a violent end decades after escaping the gallows at Nuremberg.

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* BeenThereShapedHistory:
** Twilight was at Bastogne.
** Rarity helped found Amnesty International.
* BeingGoodSucks:
** Leslie chooses to vote in favour of legalising human-Equestrian marriage and gets his political career killed for it.
* GoodIsNotNice: Applejack turns into this due to her wartime experiences.
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Just like in reality, General Stanislaw Sosabowski never spoke of his wartime deeds.
* InterspeciesRomance: Between "Big" Lee and Silverwing. His bigoted neighbours did them no favours and he became one of the few human immigrants to Equestria under the “Defense of Love” decree. The US eventually passed a "Marriage Equality" bill in the 1960s, too late for them.
* OlderAndWiser: The war put paid to Rainbow's impatience and ego.



* SuperEmpowering: It turns out that [[spoiler:ground-up unicorn horns can be snorted to grant humans magic. The Nazis make extensive use of these "warlocks", but it ultimately doesn't help stop the Allied tide.]]

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* ShellShockedVeteran: Several characters become this, including Rarity and Blueblood.
* SuperEmpowering: It turns out that [[spoiler:ground-up unicorn horns can be snorted to grant humans magic. The Nazis make extensive use of these "warlocks", but it ultimately doesn't help stop the Allied tide.]]]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: Invoked when Rarity marries her scarred minder Guardspony Stern Glare.
* VigilanteExecution: Just like in reality, Joachim Peiper eventually met a violent end decades after escaping the gallows at Nuremberg.
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* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:Spitfire]] gets a crude but functional wing as a replacement for one the Nazis took from her.

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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Twilight ends up as an advisor to the Allied forces at Bastogne, initially treating the strategy "as a big logic puzzle".
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "Purple. Pony. Girl!" is General [=McAuliffe=]'s disbelieving response to seeing Twilight.
* SuperEmpowering: It turns out that [[spoiler:ground-up unicorn horns can be snorted to grant humans magic. The Nazis make extensive use of these "warlocks", but it ultimately doesn't help stop the Allied tide.]]
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''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/63084/a-great-endeavor A Great Endeavor]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan fiction.

"On July 3, 1943, Equestria declared war on the Axis Powers. These are the stories of those times."

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