Project Ragna Rok

Project Ragna Rok was a occult division of Nazi Germany, led by General Klaus Werner von Krupt and Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin. Officially the project was meant to produce a doomsday weapon that would guranatee victory for Germany in World Was 2, while in Rasputin secretly seeked to awaken the Ogdru Jahad, the Seven Gods of Chaos, who would destroy the Earth. The Project serves as the catalystic anatgonist in the entire Hellboy-franchise, being the ones who summoned Hellboy into the mortal plain.

History
Project Ragna Rok was one of the many "Doomsday projects" developed by Adolf Hitler, that would help Germany win the Second World War. Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin was approached by Heinrich Himmler to develop weapons of mass destruction.

In reality Rasputin was the a worshipper of the the Ogdru Jahad, The Seven Who are One, who wanted to allow the eldritch dragons to destroy the world and create a "new Eden". He didn't care about the war or Germany, but agreed to "help", hoping he would get to resources to awaken his Gods. He also recruited followers among the Nazis, notably Ilsa Von Haupstein, Karl Ruprecht Kroenen and Leopold Kurtz.

Rasputin promised Hitler a "miracle", and started to work on the project, which used both technology and Dark Magic.

On December 23, 1944, on Tarmagant Island, (a small island off the Scottish coast), the project entered into its final phase. Rasputin managed to summon the Right Hand of Doom into the mortal plain, though not on Tarmagant Island, but to East Bromwich, England, where it was found Trevor Bruttenholm, founder of the B.P.R.D., who adpoted the young demon.

The project was seen as a failure and was abandoned, though Rasputin, Haupstein, Kroenen and Kurtz all remained alive, waiting for the day when they could bring forth the return of the Ogdru Jahad.

Trivia

 * Named after Ragnarök, the end times in Norse mythology.