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* The non-fiction book ''My Tank Is Fight!'' by Zack Parson shows the various ''RealLife'' plans drawn up by both sides in WWII. Had any of these been built, they would have certainly qualified for this trope. Examples include the Nazi [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte]], a super-large tank that would have been ''35 metres'' long and over ''one thousand tons'' heavy, and the Allied aircraft carrier made of ice, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk HMS Habbakuk]].
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* The non-fiction book ''My Tank Is Fight!'' by Zack Parson shows the various ''RealLife'' plans drawn up by both sides in WWII. Had any of these been built, they would have certainly qualified for this trope. Examples include the Nazi [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte]], a super-large tank that would have been ''35 metres'' long and over ''one thousand tons'' heavy, in weight, and the Allied aircraft carrier made of ice, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk HMS Habbakuk]].
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* Mike Mignola's ''[[Literature/{{Baltimore}} Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire]]'' starts in the trenches of WWI, when the protagonist is attacked by vampires, their bloodlust awakened by the slaughter. Eventually, the war is inconclusively brought to an end by the outbreak of a supernatural plague. The comic book series that follows after reveals other... unusual occurrences.
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* Nine years earlier, Creator/HarryHarrison used a similar scenario - a racist from the future travelling back to the time of the American Civil War to help the Confederacy win using easily produced Sten guns - as the basic premise for his novel ''A Rebel in Time''. Only here the black protagonist of the novel also travels back in time to prevent the changing of history.
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** While they didn't look for the Ark of the Covenant (a guy named Otto Rahn did go looking for the Grail on behalf of Himmler), Himmler with the support of some other Nazis formed the Ahnenerbe, a 'scientific' research bureau that was meant to prove their own weird occult and crackpot ideas. The biggest expedition they mounted was one to Tibet in 1938.
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** While they didn't look for the Ark of the Covenant (a guy named Otto Rahn did go looking for the Grail on behalf of Himmler), SS leader Heinrich Himmler with the support of some other Nazis formed the Ahnenerbe, a 'scientific' research bureau that was meant to prove their own weird occult esoteric and crackpot ideas. The biggest expedition they mounted was one to Tibet in 1938.
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** They kind of sort of did. While they didn't look for the Ark of the Covenant (a guy named Otto Rahn did go looking for the Grail on behalf of Himmler), the Nazis formed the Ahnenerbe, a 'scientific' research bureau that was meant to prove their own weird occult and crackpot ideas. The biggest expedition they mounted was one to Tibet in 1938.
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** They kind of sort of did. While they didn't look for the Ark of the Covenant (a guy named Otto Rahn did go looking for the Grail on behalf of Himmler), Himmler with the support of some other Nazis formed the Ahnenerbe, a 'scientific' research bureau that was meant to prove their own weird occult and crackpot ideas. The biggest expedition they mounted was one to Tibet in 1938.
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* ZigZaggedTrope in DCComics: While there were several war-time comics in RealLife showcasing superheroes like {{Superman}} helping the war effort (and the Axis upping the ante on various ways), a RetCon was done eventually saying that Hitler had in his possession the [[PublicDomainArtifact Spear of Destiny]], which could shut down the powers of any superhuman within a given (yet undefined) radius, which prevented any superhero from simply blitzing Berlin on his/her own and ending the war early.
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** ''Weird War Tales'', as seen up top. For most of its run it was a horror anthology, sort of a war-themed ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' that focused primarily on WWI and WWII, but towards the end it was headlined by the Creature Commandos (an artificial MonsterMash created as an exercise in psychological warfare) and GI Robot (a seemingly nonsentient robot fighting for the USMC in the Pacific)
** "The Haunted Tank," which ran in DC's ''G.I. Combat'' for about ''25 years''. During WWII Lt. Jeb Stuart is the head of a tank crew and the tank is haunted by his namesake, [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederate]] general J.E.B. Stuart. Who, for the record, was a real person.
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** "The Haunted Tank," which ran in DC's ''G.I. Combat'' for about ''25 years''. During WWII Lt. Jeb Stuart is the head of a tank crew and the tank is haunted by his namesake, [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederate]] general J.E.B. Stuart. Who, for the record, was a real person.
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** ''Weird War Tales'', as seen up top. For most of its run it was a horror anthology, sort of a war-themed ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' that focused primarily on WWI and WWII, but towards WWII and hosted by Death himself. Towards the end it was headlined by the Creature Commandos (an artificial MonsterMash created as an exercise in psychological warfare) and GI Robot (a mute, seemingly nonsentient robot fighting for the USMC in the Pacific)
** "The Haunted Tank," which ran in DC's ''G.I. Combat'' for about ''25 years''. During WWII Lt. Jeb Stuartis the head of a commands an M3 Stuart tank crew and the tank is haunted by his (and the tank's!) namesake, [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederate]] general J.E.B. Stuart. Who, for And only Jeb can see or hear Gen. Stuart, so his crew thinks he's a little crazy. For the record, was J.E.B. Stuart ''was'' a real person.
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It actually happened (the war, not the Mechs and bears).
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* Polish painter [[http://jakubsan.tumblr.com/ Jakub Rozalski]] uses his paintings to document a fictional war in 1920 between Poland and the USSR, Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921), but here waged with giant mechs and... [[BearsAreBadNews bears]]?!
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WorldWarII examples will overlap heavily with {{Ghostapo}}, StupidJetpackHitler and WeDidntStartTheFuhrer. Often is a sub-trope of DieselPunk and RealityRetcon.
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WorldWarII examples will overlap heavily with {{Ghostapo}}, StupidJetpackHitler and WeDidntStartTheFuhrer. ColdWar examples will often overlap with SovietSuperscience. Often is a sub-trope of DieselPunk and RealityRetcon.
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* the ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'' novel series takes place during the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar - with the addition of a whole town from late 20th century America, introducing new technology and societal concepts to the 17th century.
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** They kind of sort of did. While they didn't look for the Ark of the Covenant or the Grail, the Nazis formed the Ahnenerbe, a 'scientific' research bureau that was meant to prove their own weird occult and crackpot ideas. The biggest expedition they mounted was one to Tibet in 1938.
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** They kind of sort of did. While they didn't look for the Ark of the Covenant or (a guy named Otto Rahn did go looking for the Grail, Grail on behalf of Himmler), the Nazis formed the Ahnenerbe, a 'scientific' research bureau that was meant to prove their own weird occult and crackpot ideas. The biggest expedition they mounted was one to Tibet in 1938.
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* ''Comicbook/{{Hellboy}}'' - On the brink of defeat, the Nazis, with the help of [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Grigori Rasputin]], are about to bring forth TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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* There is an independent comic book called ''{{Uber}}'' which attempts to [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct]] the typical comic book trope of super humans being used in WorldWarTwo, instead painting them as [[PersonOfMassDestruction walking Weapons of Mass Destruction]] that leave plenty of {{Gorn}} behind wherever they're deployed ([[RealityEnsues especially when facing regular troops]]).
* ZigZaggedTrope in DCComics: While there were several war-time comics in RealLife showcasing superheroes like {{Superman}} helping the war effort (and the Axis upping the ante on various ways), a RetCon was done eventually saying that Hitler had in his possession the Spear of Destiny, which could shut down the powers of any superhuman within a given (yet undefined) radius, which prevented any superhero from simply blitzing Berlin on his/her own and ending the war early.
* ZigZaggedTrope in DCComics: While there were several war-time comics in RealLife showcasing superheroes like {{Superman}} helping the war effort (and the Axis upping the ante on various ways), a RetCon was done eventually saying that Hitler had in his possession the Spear of Destiny, which could shut down the powers of any superhuman within a given (yet undefined) radius, which prevented any superhero from simply blitzing Berlin on his/her own and ending the war early.
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* There is an independent comic book called Creator/AvatarPress's ''{{Uber}}'' which attempts to [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct]] {{deconstruct|ion}} the typical comic book trope of super humans being used in WorldWarTwo, instead painting them as [[PersonOfMassDestruction walking Weapons of Mass Destruction]] that leave plenty of {{Gorn}} behind wherever they're deployed ([[RealityEnsues especially when facing regular troops]]).
* ZigZaggedTrope in DCComics: While there were several war-time comics in RealLife showcasing superheroes like {{Superman}} helping the war effort (and the Axis upping the ante on various ways), a RetCon was done eventually saying that Hitler had in his possession the [[PublicDomainArtifact Spear ofDestiny, Destiny]], which could shut down the powers of any superhuman within a given (yet undefined) radius, which prevented any superhero from simply blitzing Berlin on his/her own and ending the war early. early.
* ZigZaggedTrope in DCComics: While there were several war-time comics in RealLife showcasing superheroes like {{Superman}} helping the war effort (and the Axis upping the ante on various ways), a RetCon was done eventually saying that Hitler had in his possession the [[PublicDomainArtifact Spear of
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* Briefly discussed in the ''Literature/MediochreQSethSeries'', where a flashback to WorldWarOne has Pigeon mention a rumour that mancers on the German side had been working on MagiTech weaponry. Whether those rumours were ever true is not mentioned.
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* A variation in ''Literature/NightWatch''. Some novels claim that [[WitchSpecies Others]] secretly fought one another on both sides of WorldWarTwo (yes, {{Ghostapo}} was real). [[TheCityFormerlyKnownAs Leningrad]] (now St. Petersburg again) was a particularly fierce battleground due to the city itself being full of magic. People still occasionally find powerful artifacts left over from those battles.
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* ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'' - Subverted, in that the actual war seems to be over, but the world is a much different place, featuring private militaries, HumongousMecha, robotic fighter planes, [[AirborneAircraftCarrier Airborne Aircraft Carriers]], and amphibious fighter planes.
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* ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'' - Subverted, in that the actual war in 1939 World War II seems to not be over, on the verge of taking place but instead peace is breaking out, and the world is a much different place, featuring private militaries, HumongousMecha, robotic fighter planes, [[AirborneAircraftCarrier Airborne Aircraft Carriers]], and amphibious fighter planes.
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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', uryuoms (shapeshifting humanoid aliens) [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=879 fought]] in the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution The American Revolutionary War]] in the AlternateUniverse where one of Ellen's multiversal counterparts lives.
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* The ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' series has Nazis experimenting with both the [[{{Ghostapo}} supernatural]] and [[StupidJetpackHitler hyper-advanced technology]], courtesy of the SS Paranormal Division and MadScientist Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse respectively, pitted against the Allied OSA (Office of Secret Actions) agent BJ Blazkowicz. The first couple of games in the modern series take place in 1943 and have the weird stuff happening "offscreen" from the real war, and it's implied that it was all covered up. However, ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' pushes things into full-on AlternateHistory territory, with Deathshead's super-tech causing the war to last until 1948, whereupon it ends with Nazi Germany crushing the Allies and taking over the world.
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* The non-fiction book ''My Tank Is Fight!'' by Zack Parson shows the various ''RealLife'' plans drawn up by both sides in WWII. Had any of these been built, they would have certainly qualified for this trope. Examples include the Nazi Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte, a super-large tank that would have been 35 feet long and over ''one thousand tons'' heavy, and the Allied aircraft carrier made of ice.
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* Polish painter [[http://jakubsan.tumblr.com/ Jakub Rozalski]] uses his paintings to document a fictional war in 1920 between poland and the USSR, with giant mechs and... [[BearsAreBadNews bears]]?!
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* "The Haunted Tank," a series running in DCComics' ''G.I. Combat''. During WWII Lt. Jeb Stuart is the head of a tank crew and the tank is haunted by his namesake, [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederate]] general J.E.B. Stuart.
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* DC had a lot of war comics, two of which adhered very closely to this trope:
** ''Weird War Tales'', as seen up top. For most of its run it was a horror anthology, sort of a war-themed ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' that focused primarily on WWI and WWII, but towards the end it was headlined by the Creature Commandos (an artificial MonsterMash created as an exercise in psychological warfare) and GI Robot (a seemingly nonsentient robot fighting for the USMC in the Pacific)
** "The Haunted Tank," which ran in DC's ''G.I. Combat'' for about ''25 years''. During WWII Lt. Jeb Stuart is the head of a tank crew and the tank is haunted by his namesake, [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederate]] general J.E.B. Stuart. Who, for the record, was a real person.
** ''Weird War Tales'', as seen up top. For most of its run it was a horror anthology, sort of a war-themed ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' that focused primarily on WWI and WWII, but towards the end it was headlined by the Creature Commandos (an artificial MonsterMash created as an exercise in psychological warfare) and GI Robot (a seemingly nonsentient robot fighting for the USMC in the Pacific)
** "The Haunted Tank," which ran in DC's ''G.I. Combat'' for about ''25 years''. During WWII Lt. Jeb Stuart is the head of a tank crew and the tank is haunted by his namesake, [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederate]] general J.E.B. Stuart. Who, for the record, was a real person.
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* ''[[VideoGame/{{Shellshock2}} Shellshock 2: Blood Trails]]'' adds zombies to the Vietnam War. A MadScientist developed a zombie virus to sell as a weapon, but upon being turned away, decided to [[TheyCalledMeMad show them all]] by releasing it as a plague which affects both sides.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Arrowsmith}}'' is set in an AlternateHistory Earth in which the United States of America is actually the United States of Columbia, {{Magic}} is real, and the WorldWarOne is fought with and by dragons, spells, {{Vampires}} and all other kinds of magical weapons and beings.
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* The second ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' story arc, ''The Savage Time'', involved the League going back in time to the European Theatre in order to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong (in this case, Vandal Savage sending back a laptop full of information that his younger self used to provide the Nazis with super-weapons like [[MonowheelMayhem gigantic mono-wheel battle tanks]]).
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* ''Literature/{{Declare}}'' adds a supernatural background (specifically concerning [[spoiler:the Jinn]]) to WW2 and particularly the Cold War.
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* ''Videogame/{{Strikers 1945}}'': It is World War II as a ShootEmUp with various historical gigantic vehicles being able to [[TransformingMecha transform into gigantic robots]], and at least one fight with an alien creature.
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* There was a 2013 {{mockumentary}} on TheHistoryChannel called "The Great Martian War". It blended film footage from World War One with CG of Martian tripods. [[http://vimeo.com/107454954 Watch some footage of it here.]] There was also a video game based on the film.
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This specific flavor of AlternateHistory, or when [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted the story is really historical but with unnoted elements]], deals with a point of divergence that occurs during a large-scale war, usually (but not limited to) WorldWarOne or WorldWarTwo. The divergence involves sci-fi, fantasy or supernatural elements added to the war's events. Examples can include [[AnachronismStew use of weapons or technology that haven't been invented yet]], [[VampireTropes vampire]] and/or [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] soldiers, mysticism, and [[PrimeDirective alien intervention]].
This trope differs from FantasyConflictCounterpart in that this trope is the real war plus "extras", where FantasyConflictCounterpart is the war RecycledInSpace.
WorldWarII examples will overlap heavily with {{Ghostapo}}, StupidJetpackHitler and WeDidntStartTheFuhrer. Often is a sub-trope of DieselPunk and RealityRetcon.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Arrowsmith}}'' is set in an AlternateHistory Earth in which the United States of America is actually the United States of Columbia, {{Magic}} is real, and the WorldWarOne is fought with and by dragons, spells, {{Vampires}} and all other kinds of magical weapons and beings.
* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'' features the eponymous nuclear-powered automaton in adventures throughout his 80-year backstory. So far one story has taken place during his time as a soldier in WorldWarII.
* The ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' franchise in general. The USA and Germany both have science research departments that result in SuperSoldier programs, crazy technologies, weird semi-demonic villains, and more.
* ''Comicbook/{{Hellboy}}'' - On the brink of defeat, the Nazis, with the help of [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Grigori Rasputin]], are about to bring forth TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* Dr. Manhattan was used as a weapon in Vietnam in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', which changed the course of the war.
* Creator/DavidBrin's ''The Life-Eaters'' is premised on the idea that mass human sacrifice can create godlike beings, which the Nazis use to create Nordic gods to fight for them. Then other countries get in on the game, and things get pretty horrible.
* "The Haunted Tank," a series running in DCComics' ''G.I. Combat''. During WWII Lt. Jeb Stuart is the head of a tank crew and the tank is haunted by his namesake, [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederate]] general J.E.B. Stuart.
* There is an independent comic book called ''{{Uber}}'' which attempts to [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct]] the typical comic book trope of super humans being used in WorldWarTwo, instead painting them as [[PersonOfMassDestruction walking Weapons of Mass Destruction]] that leave plenty of {{Gorn}} behind wherever they're deployed ([[RealityEnsues especially when facing regular troops]]).
* ZigZaggedTrope in DCComics: While there were several war-time comics in RealLife showcasing superheroes like {{Superman}} helping the war effort (and the Axis upping the ante on various ways), a RetCon was done eventually saying that Hitler had in his possession the Spear of Destiny, which could shut down the powers of any superhuman within a given (yet undefined) radius, which prevented any superhero from simply blitzing Berlin on his/her own and ending the war early.
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* The Malaysian animated film ''War Of The Worlds: Goliath'' combines the ''Literature/WarOfTheWorlds'' with the World War I timeframe. Set in a 1914 after the initial Martian invasion and wherein mankind has [[WalkingTank tank tripods]] and technology reverse-engineered from Martian tech, the first world war threatens to break. However all that is put aside when the Martians attempt a second invasion. What was supposed to be World War I is turned into the second War of the Worlds, with the likes of Manfred von Richthofen the RedBaron and Theodore Roosevelt fighting together in a united special organization against Martians.
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* ''{{Film/Hellboy}}'' - Following suit with the [[{{Comicbook/Hellboy}} source material]], we have Rasputin and Kroenen bringing about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, and Hitler being an accomplished mystic himself, dying in 1958 - not at the end of WorldWarTwo as everyone thinks.
* The ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' film series (particularly ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' and ''The Last Crusade'') revels in the idea that Hitler had a secret wing of his military searching for weapons of biblical proportions.
* ''Film/TheRocketeer'' - The US hasn't entered [=WWII=] yet, but the Nazis already plan on invading utilizing stolen jetpack designs invented by Howard Hughes.
* ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'' - Subverted, in that the actual war seems to be over, but the world is a much different place, featuring private militaries, HumongousMecha, robotic fighter planes, [[AirborneAircraftCarrier Airborne Aircraft Carriers]], and amphibious fighter planes.
* ''Film/SuckerPunch''. One of the action sequences takes place during a sci-fi-infused version of WorldWarOne in which [[ImperialGermany The Kaiser]]'s scientists have figured out a way to bring dead German soldiers back to the front lines using steam power and clockwork. There are HumongousMecha fighting triplanes, ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld, and [[AnachronismStew AK-47s]] thrown into the mix.
* Happened in the backstory of ''Film/IronSky'', when the Nazis evacuated their Antarctic base and fled to the moon with the aid of antigrav vehicles.
* In ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', mages contribute to the war effort, and the climax sees the Nazis in a hopeless struggle against reanimated armor from British wars of old.
* ''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'': in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, the Confederacy employs vampire troops. Abe only managed to win the war by using silver weapons.
* In the short film ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPnINKwWUiY 1945A]]'', the Germans field a giant spider-like mech against the Allies, complete with a laser death ray.
* In ''Film/TheIncredibleMrLimpet'' Mr. Limpet - a former human, now a fish - uses his "thrum" call to guide Allied subs to German subs in order to sink them. The Germans develop a special torpedo which homes in on thrums.
[[AC: {{Literature}}]]
* [[http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-World-War-II-Wasnt/dp/0671698818 "The Fantastic World War II"]] includes stories by A.E. Van Vogt, C.M. Kornbluth, Lester Del Rey, and Harry Turtledove. Basically every story is an example of the genre of "weird WWII" in some way or another. It includes such stories about Sir Francis Drake participating in the Dunkirk evacuation, Count Dracula dining on Nazis, a Nazi teleportation device, and an entire army of cloned Hitlers.
* Subverted in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' - Grindelwald played a big part in WorldWarII. Had it not been for Dumbledore's intervention, perhaps it WOULD have changed history.
* ''Literature/TheGunsOfTheSouth'', by Creator/HarryTurtledove. Racists from the future travel back in time and give modern machine guns to the (at that point in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar) losing Southern army. Needless to say, they crush the North after receiving this unfair advantage.
* ''Literature/{{Leviathan}}'' takes place during an AlternateHistory WorldWarOne fought between the {{Steampunk}} technology-using Clankers (Central Axis) and the Darwinists (Allies), who are using genetically engineered animals.
* The non-fiction book ''My Tank Is Fight!'' by Zack Parson shows the various ''RealLife'' plans drawn up by both sides in WWII. Had any of these been built, they would have certainly qualified for this trope. Examples include the Nazi Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte, a super-large tank that would have been 35 feet long and over ''one thousand tons'' heavy, and the Allied aircraft carrier made of ice.
* ''Literature/{{Worldwar}}'' by HarryTurtledove involves the Earth invaded by aliens during World War II.
* The ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' series is the Napoleonic Wars with dragons.
* The short stories "Missile Gap" and "A Colder War" by Creator/CharlesStross are the UsefulNotes/ColdWar with added CthulhuMythos.
* Mike Mignola's ''[[Literature/{{Baltimore}} Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire]]'' starts in the trenches of WWI, when the protagonist is attacked by vampires, their bloodlust awakened by the slaughter.
* Two of the Literature/ElementalMasters novels (''Phoenix and Ashes'' and ''Unnatural Issue'') refer to magic being used by spies on both sides of World War I. The second also has a necromantic summoning in No Man's Land, which goes as well as you'd expect with all that raw material around.
* In the ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' series, WW2 had a distinct supernatural flavour in the background with the Germans doing all sorts of nasty things at Ettersberg (better known as Buchenwald concentration camp) involving death magic. The battle to shut down the Nazi's supernatural weapons at Ettersberg also destroyed the Allies magical corps too.
* ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'' indicates a few times that the American colonies, which never became independent in this setting, are gathering resources and wizards to fight a fantasy version of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution. This has the wizardly rulers of Britain very concerned.
* ''Lammas Night'', by Creator/KatherineKurtz, follows the magical Battle of Britain that was fought alongside the publicly-known one, with archmage Adolf Hitler's Nazi coven fighting the witches and mystics of the British isles.
* ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'' has magicians helping out in the Napoleonic wars.
* Appears in the backstory of ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' — apparently UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was caused in part and fought largely by warring demigod children of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. The effects were so devastating that they vowed never to have children after the war. [[spoiler:Only Hades kept it.]]
** In the sequel series, ''TheHeroesOfOlympus'', the American Civil War was apparently caused by feuding Roman and Greek demigods.
[[AC: {{Tabletop Games}}]]
* Pinnacle Games published a ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Wars Weird Wars]]'' line of d20 games taking place in RealLife past and future wars with supernatural additions. For example, ''Weird War II'' had the {{PC}}s playing Allied soldiers during World War II, but the Nazis had mutant soldiers, characters could use haunted vehicles and cast spells, and there were monsters. Lots of monsters. The UpdatedRerelease of the game line for SavageWorlds so far includes WorldWarII ("Weird War II"), TheVietnamWar ("Tour Of Darkness"), and [[AncientRome the]] [[HolyRomanEmpire Roman]] [[RomanEmpire Empire]] and its campaigns of conquest ("Weird Wars Rome").
* The TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} "World War II" line included ''Weird War II''. Want to use rune magic to send giant monsters against the alien supersoldiers working for the other side? It's in here. (note: Despite the name similarity, this isn't part of the Pinnacle series.)
** After the [[MassSuperEmpoweringEvent Hellstorm]] in 1945, a number of real-world wars still went ahead with China facing stiff resistance from magic Tibetian monks in their invasion of 1950 and Iranian Revolution takes place while Shah is being treated for vampiric leukaemia in the United States in 1979. The supplement, "Funny New Guys" focuses on roleplaying the Vietnam War if it were fought using wizards and dragons.
* Dream Pod 9's ''TabletopGame/GearKrieg'' setting is a World War II which has both sides using Pulp WeirdScience and most importantly HumongousMecha of varying types (MiniMecha and TransformingMecha standing modeled after and standing in for real-world military hardware, for example).
* ''TabletopGame/SecretsOfTheThirdReich''. World War II is still going on in 1949 (and going further into AlternateHistory as things go on) with an AllMythsAreTrue FantasyKitchenSink situation, with such things as Nazi zombie troopers, vampires, PoweredArmor soldiers and MiniMecha being fought with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica [[{{Expy}} Expies]] made from technology obtained from [[RoswellThatEndsWell the Roswell UFO]], a British HeroUnit that is a reincarnation of KingArthur, soldiers with PsychicPowers and WeirdScience [[MilitaryMashupMachine Military Mashup Machines]].
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'', UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar was complicated by the sudden awakening of magical forces. The war now includes features like zombies and {{Steampunk}} mad science devices. While not the main focus, the supplement ''Deadlands: Noir'' also provides info about how World War I went on this universe.
* The ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' RPG has a supplement called "Achtung Cthulhu!", which is about CthulhuMythos and World War 2.
* The miniature game ''DUST Tactics'' is about an alternative history World War 2 featuring walking tanks, powered armour, Nazi zombies and the like.
[[AC: {{VideoGames}}]]
* The ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries'' deals with AlbertEinstein developing a time machine during World War 2, finally finishing it in 1946 and killing Hitler in 1924, only to have World War II now involve America and her Allies (including Germany) fighting the Soviet Union and their allies.
* ''VideoGame/OperationDarkness'' involves werewolves and firestarters, Jack the Ripper, and a descendant of the Van Helsing family working as Allied commandos versus Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany. Hitler is an archmage and has allies including a vampire. Oh yeah, Hitler can also summon a dragon and skeleton warriors to even out the odds.
* In ''VideoGame/RingOfRed'', Nazi Germany had been able to create Armored Fighting Walkers or [=AFWs=] in order to give the Wehrmacht a fighting edge against Allied troops. Due to the European terrain, they only saw limited service and instead, were used by North and South Japanese troops before and after the Japanese War when Japan was divided by the Allied Forces.
* The ''SilentStorm'' series features the use of human-sized mecha called Panzerkliens, which were supplied by a terrorist group called Thor's Hammer to both Allied and Axis forces in order to reap off the profits while they waited for both factions to weaken each other off before they would start plans to take over the world.
* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' features various wars in FeudalJapan, and some of the playable characters uses modern equipments such as chainsaws, variety of guns, and at least one HumongousMecha.
* In ''Videogame/CallOfCthulhuTheWastedLand'' (set during World War One), you lead a small squad of British and American investigators in the Eastern French battlefield, attempting to stop the German to create an army of [[TheUndead Undead]] and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. The game then received a prequel DLC campaign in which you play as Docktor [sic] Kaul, the BigBad of the main campaign.
[[AC:Webcomics]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'', superheroes and the [[AppliedPhlebotinum C-K reactors]] reverse-engineered from superheroes played a major part in the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar and others. There's also a filler strip mentioning that the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar featured walking tanks and, eventually, [[HumongousMecha Mecha Lincoln]].
* In ''Webcomic/TheUnspeakableVaultOfDoom'', [[http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/504/ one page]] deals about various failed German attempts to weaponize Franchise/CthulhuMythos related entities and powers during World War 2.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* The second ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' story arc, ''The Savage Time'', involved the League going back in time to the European Theatre in order to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong (in this case, Vandal Savage sending back a laptop full of information that his younger self used to provide the Nazis with super-weapons like [[MonowheelMayhem gigantic mono-wheel battle tanks]]).
[[caption-width-right:320:Your standard Nazi troopers, now with zombies!]]
This specific flavor of AlternateHistory, or when [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted the story is really historical but with unnoted elements]], deals with a point of divergence that occurs during a large-scale war, usually (but not limited to) WorldWarOne or WorldWarTwo. The divergence involves sci-fi, fantasy or supernatural elements added to the war's events. Examples can include [[AnachronismStew use of weapons or technology that haven't been invented yet]], [[VampireTropes vampire]] and/or [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] soldiers, mysticism, and [[PrimeDirective alien intervention]].
This trope differs from FantasyConflictCounterpart in that this trope is the real war plus "extras", where FantasyConflictCounterpart is the war RecycledInSpace.
WorldWarII examples will overlap heavily with {{Ghostapo}}, StupidJetpackHitler and WeDidntStartTheFuhrer. Often is a sub-trope of DieselPunk and RealityRetcon.
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'''Examples'''
[[AC: ComicBooks]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Arrowsmith}}'' is set in an AlternateHistory Earth in which the United States of America is actually the United States of Columbia, {{Magic}} is real, and the WorldWarOne is fought with and by dragons, spells, {{Vampires}} and all other kinds of magical weapons and beings.
* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'' features the eponymous nuclear-powered automaton in adventures throughout his 80-year backstory. So far one story has taken place during his time as a soldier in WorldWarII.
* The ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' franchise in general. The USA and Germany both have science research departments that result in SuperSoldier programs, crazy technologies, weird semi-demonic villains, and more.
* ''Comicbook/{{Hellboy}}'' - On the brink of defeat, the Nazis, with the help of [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Grigori Rasputin]], are about to bring forth TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* Dr. Manhattan was used as a weapon in Vietnam in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', which changed the course of the war.
* Creator/DavidBrin's ''The Life-Eaters'' is premised on the idea that mass human sacrifice can create godlike beings, which the Nazis use to create Nordic gods to fight for them. Then other countries get in on the game, and things get pretty horrible.
* "The Haunted Tank," a series running in DCComics' ''G.I. Combat''. During WWII Lt. Jeb Stuart is the head of a tank crew and the tank is haunted by his namesake, [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederate]] general J.E.B. Stuart.
* There is an independent comic book called ''{{Uber}}'' which attempts to [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct]] the typical comic book trope of super humans being used in WorldWarTwo, instead painting them as [[PersonOfMassDestruction walking Weapons of Mass Destruction]] that leave plenty of {{Gorn}} behind wherever they're deployed ([[RealityEnsues especially when facing regular troops]]).
* ZigZaggedTrope in DCComics: While there were several war-time comics in RealLife showcasing superheroes like {{Superman}} helping the war effort (and the Axis upping the ante on various ways), a RetCon was done eventually saying that Hitler had in his possession the Spear of Destiny, which could shut down the powers of any superhuman within a given (yet undefined) radius, which prevented any superhero from simply blitzing Berlin on his/her own and ending the war early.
[[AC: Eastern Animation]]
* The Malaysian animated film ''War Of The Worlds: Goliath'' combines the ''Literature/WarOfTheWorlds'' with the World War I timeframe. Set in a 1914 after the initial Martian invasion and wherein mankind has [[WalkingTank tank tripods]] and technology reverse-engineered from Martian tech, the first world war threatens to break. However all that is put aside when the Martians attempt a second invasion. What was supposed to be World War I is turned into the second War of the Worlds, with the likes of Manfred von Richthofen the RedBaron and Theodore Roosevelt fighting together in a united special organization against Martians.
[[AC: {{Film}}]]
* ''{{Film/Hellboy}}'' - Following suit with the [[{{Comicbook/Hellboy}} source material]], we have Rasputin and Kroenen bringing about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, and Hitler being an accomplished mystic himself, dying in 1958 - not at the end of WorldWarTwo as everyone thinks.
* The ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' film series (particularly ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' and ''The Last Crusade'') revels in the idea that Hitler had a secret wing of his military searching for weapons of biblical proportions.
* ''Film/TheRocketeer'' - The US hasn't entered [=WWII=] yet, but the Nazis already plan on invading utilizing stolen jetpack designs invented by Howard Hughes.
* ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'' - Subverted, in that the actual war seems to be over, but the world is a much different place, featuring private militaries, HumongousMecha, robotic fighter planes, [[AirborneAircraftCarrier Airborne Aircraft Carriers]], and amphibious fighter planes.
* ''Film/SuckerPunch''. One of the action sequences takes place during a sci-fi-infused version of WorldWarOne in which [[ImperialGermany The Kaiser]]'s scientists have figured out a way to bring dead German soldiers back to the front lines using steam power and clockwork. There are HumongousMecha fighting triplanes, ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld, and [[AnachronismStew AK-47s]] thrown into the mix.
* Happened in the backstory of ''Film/IronSky'', when the Nazis evacuated their Antarctic base and fled to the moon with the aid of antigrav vehicles.
* In ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', mages contribute to the war effort, and the climax sees the Nazis in a hopeless struggle against reanimated armor from British wars of old.
* ''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'': in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, the Confederacy employs vampire troops. Abe only managed to win the war by using silver weapons.
* In the short film ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPnINKwWUiY 1945A]]'', the Germans field a giant spider-like mech against the Allies, complete with a laser death ray.
* In ''Film/TheIncredibleMrLimpet'' Mr. Limpet - a former human, now a fish - uses his "thrum" call to guide Allied subs to German subs in order to sink them. The Germans develop a special torpedo which homes in on thrums.
[[AC: {{Literature}}]]
* [[http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-World-War-II-Wasnt/dp/0671698818 "The Fantastic World War II"]] includes stories by A.E. Van Vogt, C.M. Kornbluth, Lester Del Rey, and Harry Turtledove. Basically every story is an example of the genre of "weird WWII" in some way or another. It includes such stories about Sir Francis Drake participating in the Dunkirk evacuation, Count Dracula dining on Nazis, a Nazi teleportation device, and an entire army of cloned Hitlers.
* Subverted in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' - Grindelwald played a big part in WorldWarII. Had it not been for Dumbledore's intervention, perhaps it WOULD have changed history.
* ''Literature/TheGunsOfTheSouth'', by Creator/HarryTurtledove. Racists from the future travel back in time and give modern machine guns to the (at that point in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar) losing Southern army. Needless to say, they crush the North after receiving this unfair advantage.
* ''Literature/{{Leviathan}}'' takes place during an AlternateHistory WorldWarOne fought between the {{Steampunk}} technology-using Clankers (Central Axis) and the Darwinists (Allies), who are using genetically engineered animals.
* The non-fiction book ''My Tank Is Fight!'' by Zack Parson shows the various ''RealLife'' plans drawn up by both sides in WWII. Had any of these been built, they would have certainly qualified for this trope. Examples include the Nazi Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte, a super-large tank that would have been 35 feet long and over ''one thousand tons'' heavy, and the Allied aircraft carrier made of ice.
* ''Literature/{{Worldwar}}'' by HarryTurtledove involves the Earth invaded by aliens during World War II.
* The ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' series is the Napoleonic Wars with dragons.
* The short stories "Missile Gap" and "A Colder War" by Creator/CharlesStross are the UsefulNotes/ColdWar with added CthulhuMythos.
* Mike Mignola's ''[[Literature/{{Baltimore}} Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire]]'' starts in the trenches of WWI, when the protagonist is attacked by vampires, their bloodlust awakened by the slaughter.
* Two of the Literature/ElementalMasters novels (''Phoenix and Ashes'' and ''Unnatural Issue'') refer to magic being used by spies on both sides of World War I. The second also has a necromantic summoning in No Man's Land, which goes as well as you'd expect with all that raw material around.
* In the ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' series, WW2 had a distinct supernatural flavour in the background with the Germans doing all sorts of nasty things at Ettersberg (better known as Buchenwald concentration camp) involving death magic. The battle to shut down the Nazi's supernatural weapons at Ettersberg also destroyed the Allies magical corps too.
* ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'' indicates a few times that the American colonies, which never became independent in this setting, are gathering resources and wizards to fight a fantasy version of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution. This has the wizardly rulers of Britain very concerned.
* ''Lammas Night'', by Creator/KatherineKurtz, follows the magical Battle of Britain that was fought alongside the publicly-known one, with archmage Adolf Hitler's Nazi coven fighting the witches and mystics of the British isles.
* ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'' has magicians helping out in the Napoleonic wars.
* Appears in the backstory of ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' — apparently UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was caused in part and fought largely by warring demigod children of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. The effects were so devastating that they vowed never to have children after the war. [[spoiler:Only Hades kept it.]]
** In the sequel series, ''TheHeroesOfOlympus'', the American Civil War was apparently caused by feuding Roman and Greek demigods.
[[AC: {{Tabletop Games}}]]
* Pinnacle Games published a ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Wars Weird Wars]]'' line of d20 games taking place in RealLife past and future wars with supernatural additions. For example, ''Weird War II'' had the {{PC}}s playing Allied soldiers during World War II, but the Nazis had mutant soldiers, characters could use haunted vehicles and cast spells, and there were monsters. Lots of monsters. The UpdatedRerelease of the game line for SavageWorlds so far includes WorldWarII ("Weird War II"), TheVietnamWar ("Tour Of Darkness"), and [[AncientRome the]] [[HolyRomanEmpire Roman]] [[RomanEmpire Empire]] and its campaigns of conquest ("Weird Wars Rome").
* The TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} "World War II" line included ''Weird War II''. Want to use rune magic to send giant monsters against the alien supersoldiers working for the other side? It's in here. (note: Despite the name similarity, this isn't part of the Pinnacle series.)
** After the [[MassSuperEmpoweringEvent Hellstorm]] in 1945, a number of real-world wars still went ahead with China facing stiff resistance from magic Tibetian monks in their invasion of 1950 and Iranian Revolution takes place while Shah is being treated for vampiric leukaemia in the United States in 1979. The supplement, "Funny New Guys" focuses on roleplaying the Vietnam War if it were fought using wizards and dragons.
* Dream Pod 9's ''TabletopGame/GearKrieg'' setting is a World War II which has both sides using Pulp WeirdScience and most importantly HumongousMecha of varying types (MiniMecha and TransformingMecha standing modeled after and standing in for real-world military hardware, for example).
* ''TabletopGame/SecretsOfTheThirdReich''. World War II is still going on in 1949 (and going further into AlternateHistory as things go on) with an AllMythsAreTrue FantasyKitchenSink situation, with such things as Nazi zombie troopers, vampires, PoweredArmor soldiers and MiniMecha being fought with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica [[{{Expy}} Expies]] made from technology obtained from [[RoswellThatEndsWell the Roswell UFO]], a British HeroUnit that is a reincarnation of KingArthur, soldiers with PsychicPowers and WeirdScience [[MilitaryMashupMachine Military Mashup Machines]].
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'', UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar was complicated by the sudden awakening of magical forces. The war now includes features like zombies and {{Steampunk}} mad science devices. While not the main focus, the supplement ''Deadlands: Noir'' also provides info about how World War I went on this universe.
* The ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' RPG has a supplement called "Achtung Cthulhu!", which is about CthulhuMythos and World War 2.
* The miniature game ''DUST Tactics'' is about an alternative history World War 2 featuring walking tanks, powered armour, Nazi zombies and the like.
[[AC: {{VideoGames}}]]
* The ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries'' deals with AlbertEinstein developing a time machine during World War 2, finally finishing it in 1946 and killing Hitler in 1924, only to have World War II now involve America and her Allies (including Germany) fighting the Soviet Union and their allies.
* ''VideoGame/OperationDarkness'' involves werewolves and firestarters, Jack the Ripper, and a descendant of the Van Helsing family working as Allied commandos versus Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany. Hitler is an archmage and has allies including a vampire. Oh yeah, Hitler can also summon a dragon and skeleton warriors to even out the odds.
* In ''VideoGame/RingOfRed'', Nazi Germany had been able to create Armored Fighting Walkers or [=AFWs=] in order to give the Wehrmacht a fighting edge against Allied troops. Due to the European terrain, they only saw limited service and instead, were used by North and South Japanese troops before and after the Japanese War when Japan was divided by the Allied Forces.
* The ''SilentStorm'' series features the use of human-sized mecha called Panzerkliens, which were supplied by a terrorist group called Thor's Hammer to both Allied and Axis forces in order to reap off the profits while they waited for both factions to weaken each other off before they would start plans to take over the world.
* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' features various wars in FeudalJapan, and some of the playable characters uses modern equipments such as chainsaws, variety of guns, and at least one HumongousMecha.
* In ''Videogame/CallOfCthulhuTheWastedLand'' (set during World War One), you lead a small squad of British and American investigators in the Eastern French battlefield, attempting to stop the German to create an army of [[TheUndead Undead]] and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. The game then received a prequel DLC campaign in which you play as Docktor [sic] Kaul, the BigBad of the main campaign.
[[AC:Webcomics]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'', superheroes and the [[AppliedPhlebotinum C-K reactors]] reverse-engineered from superheroes played a major part in the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar and others. There's also a filler strip mentioning that the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar featured walking tanks and, eventually, [[HumongousMecha Mecha Lincoln]].
* In ''Webcomic/TheUnspeakableVaultOfDoom'', [[http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/504/ one page]] deals about various failed German attempts to weaponize Franchise/CthulhuMythos related entities and powers during World War 2.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* The second ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' story arc, ''The Savage Time'', involved the League going back in time to the European Theatre in order to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong (in this case, Vandal Savage sending back a laptop full of information that his younger self used to provide the Nazis with super-weapons like [[MonowheelMayhem gigantic mono-wheel battle tanks]]).
