World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" id="mwmQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> issues his "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Decree" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nero Decree">Nero Decree</a>" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a> to be destroyed.