Nazi

"I never thought I'd utter these words, but I think we need a Nazi."

- Martin Stein

The Nazis were one of the sides in World War II, opposing the United States Army. In 1944 they have obtained a meteor from Thanagar, only to lose it in a clash with Vandal Savage and Rip Hunter's team.

History
The Nazis were at war with the United States in 1944. At Saint-Lô, France, the two sides were at the midst of battle, when the time-traveling Vandal Savage has arrived to claim his prize, a meteor from Thanagar, a source of great powers. Sergeant Rock, one of the American combatants, wondered whether Kendra Saunders, a recent escapee of Savage, was running away from the Nazis, and from whom else, if not them.

A military caravan, led by a Nazi officer, took hold of the Thanagarian meteor and was transporting it near Saint-Lô when it was confronted by Vandal Savage. Speaking to the officer in German, Vandal Savage demanded for the meteor to be handed over to him. The officer did not take the immortal's demands seriously, ordering him to move, only to be attacked by Vandal. The struggle was soon joined by the members of Rip Hunter's team, who, fighting both the Nazis and Vandal Savage, tried to make sure the meteor does not end in Savage's hands, while his prisoners, Kendra Saunders and Scythian Torvil, escape. The battle ended with all the Nazis present dead or otherwise knocked out.

Behind the scenes

 * Historically, Nazi is short for "National-Socialist", a word that described the members of NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers Party) – a party that took control over Germany in 1933, establishing a totalitarian regime under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. With the Nazi party at head, Germany started World War II in 1939, only to lose it by 1945, with the Nazi Party branded as war criminals.
 * In DC Comics, rather than being an enemy of the Nazis, Vandal Savage claimed to be one of the founding members of the Nazi Party.