1944: The Subjugation of the West. Britain, stripped of its fleet and empire, serves as Germany’s junior partner—a giant aircraft carrier moored off the coast of Europe. The Treaty of Berlin (1944) formalized the Großraumwirtschaft (Greater Economic Area). British industry now produces Mercedes-Benz engines and Krupp steel. France is a pacified agricultural hinterland. Resistance is negligible; the population is cowed by the Gestapo and sedated by cheap entertainment.