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An aircraft carrying Admiral Yamamoto, the Commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, is shot down by US fighter planes over the Solomon Islands, Oceania.
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The Axis launches a 100 plane supply convoy form Sicily. More than 50 of the Axis supply planes are shot down by Allied fighters.
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The remaining population of the Warsaw ghetto in Poland rises up against the german occupants.
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Allied forces attack multiple Axis positions in the tunisian hills. The 8th British Army ceases to attack the tunisian coast.
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The SS begin operations against the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. Buildings are blown upor burnt, but some people still live there. Jewish fighters use the sewers and the rubble to continue fighting. Captured Jews are either killed or sent to death camps.
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US bombers raid an Axis airfield around Bari, Italy.
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An american squadron bombs Japanese occupied harbors on Attu Island.
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Anne wrote about how everyone is angry with everyone else. She also wrote that she is constantly being critisized by everyone else living with her. She writes about her outside friends having problems with their health and buildings being destroyed or bombed. She also comments on the fact that the food they eat in the "Secret Annexe" is quite miserable.
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The Americans advance into the Axis-occupied hills in Tunisia.
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US forces capture the tunisian hills, but the Axis defenses stop them from advancing further.
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In this entry, Anne Frank writes that she feels like the "Secret Annexe", even though it is quite an ugly and unpleasant place, is like paradise compared to what the other Jews are living.
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The US army goes past the Axis defences and captures Mateur, a tunisian city.
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Tunis and Bizerta are captured by british and american forces, respectively.
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Italian Field Marshal Messe orders the remaining German and Italian soldiers to surrender. 250 000 Axis soldiers were captured by the Allies in a few days.
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The american forces on Attu Island coming from the north and south link up and they prepare to take what they believe to be the last japanese occupied areas on the island.
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In this entry, she says she witnessed a battle between German and British planes. She also says that during the night, she heard a loud clap and thought it was caused by an incendiary bomb, but there was no bomb and no fire.
