Sergeant Fury and the Howling Commandos are treated to a fine dinner and entertainment at the royal palace of Wakanda while Captain America confers with King T’Chaka. The King is willing to cooperate with the Americans in combating the Nazi menace so long as his nation maintains its sovereignty. Fury, however, does not trust him and assigns Gabe Jones to spy on the Africans. Meanwhile, T’Chaka startles Cap by revealing he knows Cap’s true identity, thanks to his nation’s vast spy network. An optimistic Cap sees the defeat of the Nazis as the beginning of the end of racism in his country but T’Chaka warns of America’s seeking an enemy within….
In the Nazi camp, the Red Skull orders a single regiment to assault the capital (countermanding Baron Strucker’s request for six). When the attack comes, Fury and the Howlers find themselves locked up, and suspicious of the reason that it’s for their own safety. Wakandan technology provides the defense: a huge device sends a jamming signal that causes the Nazi weapons to explode. Captain America and the Black Panther, backed by T’Chaka’s warrior-wives, take the battle to the enemy, while the King’s young son T’Challa, desiring to join in the fray, is kept safe inside the palace. When the battle ends, Fury and his men are released—to help clean up the corpses.
In private, Steve asks why Wakanda will not join the Allies. T’Chaka explains that their isolationist policy assures the rest of the world that his nation harbors no imperialist ambitions and asks whether Steve can maintain his American ideals in the face of what is to follow….
In the Nazi camp, the Red Skull reveals to Strucker that the attack was merely a reconnaissance mission, to gauge the enemy’s strength and make them overconfident. His real plan involves the Nazi super-soldiers: Master Man, Warrior Woman, and Tiger Man, and will end in success in twenty-four hours….