History of Anne Frank

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  • Anne Frank is born

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    Anne Frank and WWII

  • Adolf Hitler seizes power in Germany, along with the National Socialist Workers Party (Nazis)

    It was at a point in this year that the Nazis took power of germany

  • The Franks emigrate

    EXACT DATE NOT KNOWN The Franks emigrate to the Netherlands to escape the oppressive rule of Adolf Hitler

  • Mussolini Invades Ethiopia

    Italy invaded ethiopia on this date

  • Japan defeats China

    Japan gains control of northern China in a clash near Peking

  • Hitler supports Japan

    Chancellor of Germany announces support for Japan

  • Kristallnacht

    This was when 7500 Jewish businesses are looted, 191 synagogues are burned and nearly 100 Jews were killed along with tens of thounsands that are sent to concentration camps.

  • Hitler becomes Man of the Year

    Time magazine makes Adolf Hitler Man of the Year for 1938

  • Hitler invades Poland

    Hitler bombs Polish towns while German troops take the city by land

  • Britian and France declare war on Germany

    Honoring their commitment to Poland, Britian and France declare war on Germany

  • Hitler gains low countries

    Germany collects Norway, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Denmark

  • Germany defeats France

    EXACT DATE NOT KNOWN Hitler makes France retreat

  • France surrenders

    The Axis powers crush France, leaving Britian to stand alone.

  • Japan joins Axis

    Japan joins alliance with Italy and Germany.

  • Germany invades Soviet Union

    Germany violates the Non-Agression pact. The U.S assists the Soviet Union against Germany

  • Pearl Harbor in Hawaii is bombed

    The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor in Hawaii wich angers the U.S

  • U.S declares war

    In the wake of Pearl Harbor, the U.S declares war on Japan. Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S

  • Anne Frank and her family go into hiding

    EXACT DATE NOT KNOWN In early July, the Franks go into hiding along with the Van Pels and Fritz Feffer.

  • Italy surrenders

    Italy surrenders to the Allies. Germany captures much of Italy

  • D-Day

    The allies storm Normandy in an effort to re-capture France

  • The ones hiding in the secret annex are discovered

    For reasons unknown the people hiding in the secret annesx are discovered by the Green Police

  • Paris is Liberated

    U.S forces liberate Paris

  • Mr. Van Pels passes away

    EXACT DATE NOT KNOWN Mr Van Pels passes away in Auschwitz, Poland

  • Fritz Pfeffer passes away

    Fritz Pfeffer dies in Neuengamme

  • Mrs. Frank passes away

    Mrs. Frank passes away in Auschwitz, Poland

  • Otto Frank is liberated by Soviet Troops

    On this date the camp that Otto Frank is liberated by russian soldiers. Otto is the only one to survive

  • Margot Frank passes away

    EXACT DATE NOT KNOWN Margot Frank passes away in Bergen-Belson, Germany

  • Anne Frank passes away

    EXACT DATE NOT KNOWN Anne passes away a few days after Margot in Bergon-Belson, Germany

  • Okinawa

    This Japanese Island is invaded by the U.S

  • FDR passes away

    FDR has a severe blood hemmorage and dies in Georgia

  • Mussolini dies

    Mussolini is captured by insurgents , murdered and then mutilated.

  • Mrs Van Pels passes away

    EXACT DATE NOT KNOWN It was either in April or May of 1945 that Mrs Van Pels died in either Germany or Czechoslovakia.

  • Hitler dies

    Hitler commits suicide in his air-raid bunker in Berlin, Germany

  • Peter Van Pels passes away

    Peter Van Pels dies in Mauthausen German

  • VE

    The war oficially ends in Europe.

  • Atomic bomb is tested

    In Alamagordo, the atomic bomb is tested

  • Hiroshima

    This first Atomic bomb is used in warfare

  • Nagasaki

    The second Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki

  • VP

    Victory is declared in the Pacific

  • WWII ends

    A formal surrender by the Japanese aboard the U.S.S Missouri