1930s

10th

 * Abraham Erskine, working in a German University, begins his research into creating a Super Soldier Serum.

2nd

 * At the Duetsches Opernhaus in Berlin, Johann Schmidt meets Adolf Hitler and Ernst Kaufmann after a Wagner opera. Schmidt reveals his theory that Asgardians could be more than a myth. Hitler is intrigued by his ideas, and Schmidt offers to conduct research in Kaufmann’s unit, but is rejected. Heinrich Himmler overhears the conversation and takes Schmidt under his wing.

5th

 * In Geneva, Switzerland, Abraham Erskine and Howard Stark meet at an Engineering Conference.

30th

 * At the Schutzstaffel's Night of the Long Knives, Johann Schmidt kills Ernst Kaufmann and seizes control of his weapons program.

1st

 * Johann Schmidt and the SS troops attack an SA Weapons Testing Ground at Kummersdorf, and recruit Arnim Zola.

14th

 * Hearing rumors that Adolf Hitler will announce anti-Semitic laws, Abraham Erskine tries to leave Germany with his family. They are stopped at the German/Swiss border by Johann Schmidt, who wants the Super Soldier Serum. To ensure his cooperation, Schmidt sends Erskine's wife and children to the Dachau concentration camp.

15th

 * Arnim Zola continues his work on exo-skeleton battle suits and high-tech weaponry.

12th

 * Abraham Erskine's kidnapped wife, daughter, and son die of typhus in the Dachau concentration camp.

26th

 * HYDRA tests a prototype tank and exo-skeleton battle suit. At the time it was believed the Luftwaffe was responsible for the destruction which was actually caused by HYDRA.

1st

 * World War II begins.

30th

 * Howard Stark launches Stark Industries.