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September 1, 1939

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-05 14:50:48 UTC

It was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, starting WWII

July 10, 1940

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-05 14:54:19 UTC

Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force. It was the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces.

December 7, 1941

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-05 14:56:37 UTC

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, demolishing much of the US Pacific Fleet and killing more than 2,400 Americans.

June 4, 1942

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-05 14:58:50 UTC

The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.

September 7, 1940

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-05 15:01:01 UTC

He Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, for eight months.

November 8, 1942

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-05 15:04:32 UTC

Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa.

July 5, 1943

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-05 15:08:55 UTC

The Battle of Kursk, also called the Battle of the Kursk Salient, was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia. The Soviet won.

December 16, 1944

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-05 15:10:56 UTC

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive or Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front.

April 16, 1945

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-05 15:12:25 UTC

The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II.

August 6, 1945

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-05 15:17:25 UTC

The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during World War II. The aerial bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.

July 1941

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-07 14:37:54 UTC

President Roosevelt orders a total embargo on the sale of oil to Japan.

June 6, 1944

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-07 14:43:30 UTC

D-Day, the date of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II. This amphibious assault, codenamed Operation Overlord, was the largest in history, involving the landing of over 150,000 troops on the beaches of Normandy.

December 8, 1941

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-07 14:45:55 UTC

The United States declares war on Japan.

December 11, 1941

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-07 14:48:51 UTC

Hitler declares war on the United States; hours later, the United States declares war on Germany, sealing America's entry into WWII.

Late February, 1942

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-07 14:53:06 UTC

Poulsson traveled down from Scotland to pitch his bosses in London a new plan.

January 1, 1944

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-07 14:56:33 UTC

The new year has begun and Anne is still in her hiding place.

March 6, 1944

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-07 14:59:23 UTC

Mr. Kraler is in the hospital. He has ulcers.

April 20, 1944

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-07 15:03:06 UTC

Miep tells them that all people talk about is the invasion that is about to happen.

August 4, 1944

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-07 15:11:03 UTC

Anne and her family were captured by the Nazi's.

June 6, 1944

ivy_belle15 — 2025-05-07 15:13:48 UTC

D-Day caused the Frank and Van Daan families to feel hopeful they could come our of hiding.