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Anne Frank was born in the German city of Frankfurt
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Adolf Hitler became the President of Germany. He imprisoned many many jews, the prisons became too full he had to build concentration camps for them,
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Japan invades China and captures Beijing.
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Germany annexes Austria
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Nazis throughout Germany went on a rampage, burning and smashing Jewish-owned shops and synagogues. The night was called Kristallnacht Crystal Night or the Night of Broken Glass.
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Hitler invades Poland and World War II officially began
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Hitler invades the Netherlands, and the German army caught up with the Frank family, leaving them nowhere to flee.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. The Pact provided for mutual assistance should any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war. This formalizing of the alliance was aimed directly at "neutral" America. The Pact also recognized the two spheres of influence. Japan acknowledged "the leadership of Germany and Italy in the establishment of a new order in Europe," while Japan was granted lordship over "Greater East Asia."
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, United States officially enters the war.
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D-Day, the allied troopers successfully penetrate into France
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Germans surrender in western Europe. (V-E Day)
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The United States drops a bomb in Hiroshima.
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The United States drops another bomb in Nagaski.
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V-J Day Japanese surrender and World War II is officially over.
