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Anne Frank is born
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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