Steven Terjeson | July 6, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for July 6
1942 – Diarist Anne Frank and her family took refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.
1942 – Japanese forces landed on Guadalcanal Island and began constructing an airfield. On February 1, 1943 the Japanese forces began to withdraw.
Japanese Machine Gunners on Guadalcanal
1944 – Hartford Circus [...]
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Steven Terjeson | August 4, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 4
1944 – Anne Frank and her family arrested by Gestapo
On this day in 1944, a German-born Jewish girl and her family, who had been hiding in German-occupied Holland, are found by the Gestapo and transported to various concentration camps. The young girl’s diary of her [...]

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Steven Terjeson | June 12, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for June 12
1929 – Anne Frank was born in Germany. She wrote in her diary about growing up in occupied Amsterdam during World War II. She died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945.
1940 – 54,000 British and French troops surrendered to German Field Marshal Erwin [...]
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