important events during WW2 and short summaries of Anne Frank's diary entries between Dec. 25 1943 and Jan. 6 1944

Anne thinks about Pim

Dec 25, 1943

On Christmas Day, Anne thinks about Pim, her famous friend and some words he told her.

Sinking of German cruiser HMS Scharnhorst

Dec 26, 1943

With an array of cruise torpedoes some ships of the Royal Navy sink the German cruiser of the Kreigsmarine, HMS Scharnhorst on the coast of the Bering Sea.

Failed assassination attempt of Adolf Hitler

Dec 26, 1943

Earl Claus von Stauffenberg fails an attempt to destroy (with bombs) HItler's HQ

Anne celebrates Christmas with friends

Dec 27, 1943

Anne celebrates with Koophius, Kraler and some other of her girl friends. Miep, one oh her father's colleagues at work has made a cake on which it is written: ''PEACE 1944''

Anne thinks about her ''granny'' and her friend, Lies

Dec 29, 1943

She starts thinking about her grand-mother and how faithful supportive of Anne she was. She also thinks about her friend, Lies and if she is still alive.

Replacement of Gen. Patton

Jan 1, 1944

Gen. Clark replaces Gen. Patton as commander of 7th Army

Anne goes over her diary

Jan 2, 1944

She turns the pages of her famous diary. And she regrets how negative she was of her mother in her diary.

Discussion of Operation Overloard (D-Day)

Jan 3, 1944

Brittish gen. Montgomery discusses Overlord with Gen. Eisenhower and Bedell Smith

Beginning of Operation Carpetbagger

Jan 4, 1944

Operation Carpetbagger is launched (aerial dropping of food, material supplies and weapons to resistance fighters in Europe)

Two confessions of Anne

Jan 5, 1944

She discovers that her mother looked more upon her daughters as friends more than her children.She reads an article by Sis Heyster that makes her ponder about her physical and intellectual growth.