Equestria: World War II (1939-1941)

16TH MAY 1940

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It was now 8:00am, and was another hectic day at Canterlot Castle. The Princesses were having a hectic time recently. Five days earlier, the Germans had suddenly invaded the country of France, without any warning. Paris, the capital city of France, had been taken by the Germans, and most of the French troops, upon just seeing the Germans, instead of fighting, had cowardly surrendered to them. In fact, when it had been heard that Paris had been occupied by the Germans, the Americans instantly began increasing their Navy, and Celestia was fearing they would soon enter the war.

Thanks to that, most of the country had been taken, and the only unoccupied part of France were the areas of Calais, Lille, and Dunkirk, which were near the Franco-Belgian border. It was not only French troops who had been trapped there, the trapped also included multiple Allied soldiers fighting in Belgium, who had been cut off from the English Channel by the Germans. It also included a large contingent of pony soldiers from the Royal Equestrian Army, and Shining Armor was collaborating with the head of the British military to have them brought home safely, since they would not be able to survive if they stayed in that area.

They would probably have to abandon most of their equipment during that time, but the equipment could be replaced, while the lives of the soldiers couldn't, and even though it would go to the Germans, programmes to make more advanced weapons were already in the works, and some of them were already starting to bear fruit.

Some Equestrian engineers had been working with British aeronautical engineers, and they had managed to successfully develop two flying prototypes of a naval Hawker Hurricane variant. While the older ones needed sleds, the new ones had a conventional landing gear, so they could operate from both land bases and aircraft carriers. Rumours were now abuzz that the new naval Hurricanes would be entering production soon, and the new Royal Equestrian Navy would be the first export customer.

Another thing that was also in the works, was Equestria's first aircraft carrier. A reputed American shipyard was working with one from Equestria to design and build three such aircraft carriers, which would be known as the Princess-class aircraft carriers. These would host a large number of aircraft, including fighters, which were important for an aircraft carrier. Apparently, the first one would be in service by 1943 or 1944, which would definitely help the Navy out a lot.

Apart from that, another big thing that was in the works was the military showcase, for which preparations were now in full swing. It was expected to take place sometime in June or July, around the time the summer holidays began in most countries around the globe, which would let a large number of people come to watch it. That would increase the tourism opportunities to Equestria, especially once the big cruise lines such as Cunard Line recovered from the war, and could start tour packages to Equestria and the Crystal Empire.

As for the hunt for the HNA, that was still going on, and despite a few HNA members having been arrested, none of them knew where Neighsay was, or what he had done with the kidnapped pony scientists, as they said that only some of the higher-up HNA members knew that, and they also did not know the identity of the mole who was working with the HNA. However, they had confirmed that there indeed was a mole in the Equestrian government, and it was a diplomat who had given the Nobel-808 to the HNA to carry out the Nightlights' Shoppe bombing in Fillydelphia. So now, searches were discretely being made of every Equestrian government official's backgrounds, to figure out who the mole was.

However, so far, not a single concrete suspect had turned up, as most of these diplomats were loyal to the country of Equestria and the Crystal Empire, and none of them were against the humans, as they were all interested in the humans technologies, and what not.

As for the hunt for the Destroyer of Discord, the searchers had finally gotten a lead as to where a piece of the Destroyer of Discord could be, and were on their way to South America to make sure that lead was true. They had gotten a lead that it was hidden with a tribe in the forests of Brazil, so they were fully prepared to face them.

That was still going to take a couple of months, though, to find the tribe, gain their trust, and truly find if they had the piece of the Destroyer of Discord in their possession. While that was going on, some stability had also come to Equestria and the Crystal Empire, as both of their stock markets, which had taken a heavy hit during their transportation to Earth, had finally been stabilised, now that they had been integrated with the global economy of Earth. That was good, because goods were now being imported and exported and the money was flowing in to boost the economy.

In fact, so far, it had been relatively smooth sailing, almost, thought Celestia, as she got ready to meet Cadance for another discussion on daily affairs. It was hopefully going to be smooth sailing for a bit.

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It was now 9:00am over here in Equestria. In the dilapidated house, located well away from the big cities of Equestria, the HNA were happy. Construction of the portal that would take them home to Equis was beginning. They would build it in such a way that the portal would grow large enough as it continued working to transport Equestria and the Crystal Empire back to Equis as well. They also had decided that once the two countries were on their way home to Equis, the portal would close behind them, with an explosion that would destroy Earth along with all of the humans and other creatures on the planet.

Neighsay was extremely overjoyed, and couldn't wait for the day when this same plan would be complete, so that way, he and his fellow ponies could go home to Equis, and they could get rid of the barbarians that the humans were. The universe was probably better without the humans around, as it would be more peaceful. The Equestrians were the true dominant race in this galaxy, far superior.

He decided to go outside, to where the portal was being constructed by the scientists they had borrowed from the Equestrian government. The scientists had first said it was not possible to construct the portal back to Equis, since they had been investigating the very few remaining traces of the storm that had first brought them to Earth, and they had found traces of magic unexplainable to the the scientists, who had felt that there was a 99.5% chance that they were permanently stuck on Earth.

However, a bit of convincing by the HNA had made the scientists begin construction of a portal to bring them back to Equis, using that 0.5% chance. It was going to use an incredibly rare kind of magic, called Rift Magic, and it would be called the Rift Gate. The Rift Gate was going to be the tool that they would use to get back to Equis. So what if maybe a century or two had passed on Equis, they would be able to surprise its inhabitants by returning ponies to that planet.

As Neighsay gave a quick check on the scientists, who trembled whenever they saw him, he chuckled. The HNA was going to be the savior of Equestria and the Crystal Empire, that was for sure, thought the mad pony that Neighsay had become.

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It was now 10:30am over here in Germany. As another day of work began at the Erweiterung facility, Discord was overseeing the dispatches of its latest product, Zyklon C gas. This was a field-wieldable version of the Zyklon B gas used by the Nazis in their concentration camps, only this was more lethal, stable, and much faster-acting, so it was deployed on the field by Panzer IIIEs and IVEs.

They had originally used Zyklon B at first, which had worked, but they realised it was too slow to act, and it was a little too volatile for use on the field, as one Panzer IIIE crew had found out the hard way in Norway. They had been able to stabilise Zyklon B, with the same chemicals, but by using a different chemical process, which was trademark to the Erweiterung facility only, so that the Allies couldn't replicate the formula if they got their hands on a sample of Zyklon C.

The Zyklon C had already proved its worth during the battles between Germany and the militaries of Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and France. The French, especially, were cowards. They had just run away and surrendered their capital city to the Germans. In fact, when they heard that, Discord and his fellow Germans had booed at their TV screens. They were disappointed as they didn't get a good fight with the French, since they wanted some more damage.

As Discord thought about what was next, he knew that Winston Churchill would be making a statement on the situation in France later that day. He wondered what the old man would have to say, and it was probably a lot, considering Churchill himself used to be a soldier. As Discord decided to see it later that day, he also thought about letting the Italians have some of France as well. They were getting restless, and that would not be good. Soon, the Italians would also have a piece of the pie that was France.