Pre - World War 2


 * 1937
 * May: Hitler launches his attack on Europe earlier than anticipated. The neighboring Allied Nations are unprepared and one by one soon fall to the advancing German Army.
 * December: Elera Co. is founded and Project Guardian is made top secret.
 * 1938
 * April: Reports of deadly creatures, later named Shades, soon appear on the European battlefront. Both sides believe they were created by the other. With no nation taking credit, the Shades are openly believed to have been created by Hitler as a super weapon. However, the Shades attack any army who comes across them, Axis and Allied. Their origin remains a mystery.