>December, 1943
>on the last day of Hannukah, Anne Frank hears on the radio of the Allies' victory breaking through the Gustav Line in Italy
>she rejoices, seeing this as a good sign that the war will end soon
>she reads a smuggled newspaper featuring a photo of of a general named Patton inspecting his troops
>Anne ignores the actual article and spends her time admiring Patton’s uniform, a lightly-colored long double-breasted coat and a cap similar to what the French use. Fawning over the beautifully made braids on the forearms and wreath insignia on the collar. She wishes she could see her fellow fugitive Peter van Pels, whom she has an intense crush on, wearing it.
>in the evening, Anne and Peter sneak off into an unoccupied room to celebrate their good turn of fortune
>while the two are chatting, trucks carrying SS men arrive and they assault a building down the street. Fearful that their talking may have attracted attention, Anne and Peter lie dead still and avoid the window. They can hear the screaming and smashing of glass. No doubt the Germans have captured yet another group of Jews.
>after the Germans take the Jews away. Anne and Peter embrace each other for the next several minutes, utterly terrified. Driven by the shared desire to drive the fear from their minds, the embrace turns to kisses, torn clothes, and the two consummate their budding relationship that night
>one day in January, Anne is reading an old geography textbook out of boredom. As she traces the lines of the the four countries that compose North America with her finger, she suddenly suffers a bout of sickness and vomiting, despite being in perfect health. Anne realizes she’s pregnant after missing her period. After telling Peter, the two panic and are afraid the others will find out.
>when they do eventually discover Anne’s pregnancy, her and Peter's parents, enraged and blaming the other for what happened, nearly come to blows and are only stopped by the fact that fighting would certainly draw attention.
>as her pregnancy progresses, it becomes apparent that Anne will have to be taken out of Amsterdam to give birth. However, getting her out of the city is nearly impossible with all the German checkpoints and crackdowns on the Dutch resistance. All of which intensify in June with the Normandy Landings. The Armies of five nations come ashore in Northern France, but hopes of their immediately liberating the Netherlands are dashed as it becomes apparent that they are bogged down in intense fighting.
>a sudden opportunity emerges when on July 20th, a group of German officers use a bomb made from explosives manufactured at the Powderworks in Augusta, Georgia to try and assassinate the Fuhrer. Although Adolf Hitler survives the attack, he is knocked unconscious for several days, during which fighting breaks out between the SS and the Wehrmacht. Anne and Peter hear the gunfire rage across the city for three days before the revolt is finally put down and the plotters are killed in a last stand in Berlin.
>taking advantage of the chaos, Anne's father spends what little resources he still has arranging for her to smuggled out of the Annex and into the countryside as her due date nears, demanding that Peter accompany her to force him to take responsibility and protect his daughter if necessary
>the pastor of an old church (one that inexplicably resembles the Dunker Church in Sharpsburg, Maryland) takes Anne and Peter in both out of pity for their unborn child and a sense of duty to protect others
>initially cold to Peter, having blamed him for their shared predicament, Anne finds that writing in her diary, playful arguments over things like baby names, and sex are the only things that alleviate the boredom (having no other means of entertaining themselves) and ever present sense of fear, and they now do it constantly
>being so very pregnant and uncomfortable, Anne finds herself trying take her mind off her huge belly by paying attention to literally anything else. She’s developed a heightened sense of sorts, noticing small details that she would previously have paid no attention to
>Anne is emotionally wracked by nervousness and fear. Fear for her parents, her sister, Peter, their unborn child, and for herself. Fear of the Germans, being captured, dying in childbirth, of being socially ostracized. However the lovemaking not only drives those thoughts from her mind, but gives her a sense of hope that they (her, Peter, the baby) will survive this war.
>their survival rests on the bold and the fearless (the whole "people sleep peaceably at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf" thing).

>one day in mid-September, the two of them are unable to tolerate being crammed together in the small building and sneak off into a nearby tulip field to fuck as the sun sets over the Netherlands
>while walking back to their hiding spot, Anne spots a strange glint coming from the nearby trees and suddenly has the feeling that she and Peter are being watched. Freaking out, she insists that they take the longer route back, despite being barely able to walk
>later that night, Peter asks Anne why she felt so spooked and she simply replies that she had a bad feeling about it and can’t explain any further. Figuring that arguing is pointless and trusting Anne’s judgement, Peter drops the matter. The two have sex again before passing out from exhaustion.
>they're captured asleep and unclothed in a pre-dawn raid by the Gestapo who are sweeping the countryside for Dutch resistance cells and Jews. During the arrest, Peter is clubbed in the face with the butt of a rifle, leaving him bloody. Anne herself gets handled roughly by the Germans, who disregard the fact she’s nine months pregnant
>as they're about to loaded onto a truck to be taken to a concentration camp, the Germans are attacked by an unseen foe, firing in volleys from the trees and the tulip field, suffering many casualties, while Anne and Peter take cover behind the truck
>the attackers burst out of their hiding spots and drive the surviving Gestapo off with a bayonet charge, whooping, hollering, and barking seemingly like wild animals. Their bloodcurdling screams terrify Anne, sounding like something out of her worst nightmares
>Anne and Peter finally come face to face with their rescuers
>Anne initially mistakes them for being German as well because of their gray uniforms (this occurs after the July 20th Plot so that would make sense), but realizes her error when they start speaking an unusual accent of English, which she had some limited knowledge of

>Anne takes notice of the dashing young men and their pic related uniforms (I was gonna leave it up to a writefag better than myself to describe them) and is so awestruck by the beautifully made coats, she immediately has her head filled with fantasies of Peter wearing one. As the soldiers approach, she notices their flag's peculiar choice of stars (link related, their actual flag that was captured at Antietam https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:11th_Mississippi_Infantry_Regiment_battle_flag_army.mil-2008-09-10-145530.jpg) and finds herself overcome with emotion, having associated that star with the oppression of Jews for so long. She meets their commanding officer, a Colonel named Faulkner, and asks through a translator who they are, he replies that his men simply call themselves the "University Greys"
>to show her gratitude Anne kisses the cheek of a color sergeant who is carrying this strange flag she's never seen before (not being familiar with American history and all) , Peter feels a pang of jealousy for a moment. However the stern but most gentleman-like NCO defuses the situation by rejecting her perceived advances and getting her to redirect her affection toward Peter.
>Anne notices the soldiers’ bayonets glint in a way similar to what she had seen the previous evening and that some of the soldiers have leaves and dirt stuck to their uniforms. She suspects they’ve been in the area for at least a day and were watching her yesterday, but keeps it to herself.
>one of the soldiers, noticing how how poorly clothed the two are (Anne's dress is comically too small to fit her, Peter's are too thin for cold weather, both haven't had a change in clothes in weeks), hands them his coat, saying they'll need it more than he will
>the others hand Anne some of their food and water out of sympathy
>the conversation is cut short when another officer rides up on a horse and tells Faulkner that the “Alabamians” are in contact with the enemy and need immediate assistance
>the soldiers quickly get into formation and rush to join their comrades
>Anne puts the coat on Peter, telling him he looks nice in it, and the two start walking down the road looking up at the rising sun to see hundreds of planes and more parachutes than they can count descending from the sky. AA fire destroys some of them but for every one shot down, 20 more get through.
>Anne feels the baby kick and for the first time in years feels like everything might actually be okay

>a few days later
>Anne (still pregnant) and Peter have hiding in the woods for the last several days to avoid being caught up in the fighting. But no matter where they go, bullets wind up flying and artillery rains on them. The two witness the horrifying aftermath of several battles and even wind up being caught up in one themselves where both sides are reduced to hand-to-hand combat. She notices how these new soldiers fight like savages and even the fearsome Waffen-SS seem terrified of them.
>they accidentally stumble into an artillery camp the Allied soldiers had set up
>the sentries, who are nervous and inexperienced artillery crewmen rather than seasoned infantrymen, immediately become suspicious of Peter (on account of him being military age, speaking broken English with a German accent, and wearing one of their Army's coats) and start aggressively questioning him
>Anne and Peter try to explain that they're Jews but the language barrier and lack of an interpreter prevents it
>the soldiers are on the verge of detaining Peter when they're stopped by an officer who dismisses the sentries and invites Anne and Peter to come to his tent
>the most gentleman-like officer to their surprise starts speaking to them in fluent Dutch, introducing himself as "Captain Foote" and that he works for military intelligence (usually questioning German prisoners and the like)
> Foote serves them sweet tea, (which Anne has never tasted before) and explains that he had previously heard about the deportation of Jews while stationed in France
>he offers to let them spend the night in his tent, give them fresh clothes and a pass allowing them to travel freely through Allied lines, and to have a doctor look at Anne in exchange for an interview
>Anne and Peter, both still traumatized by recent events, are initially hesitant, but agree to tell their story after Foote reveals to them that he is Jewish himself
>hours pass
>horrified by their description of the mistreatment of Dutch Jews, Foote tells them that he will open a formal Army investigation into the matter
>Anne turns her diary over to Captain Foote as evidence, who dismisses them as he’s expecting a group of German prisoners to arrive shortly
>Anne and Peter spend the rest of the day wandering around the camp. Watching soldiers go about their daily routine, officers planning the day’s battles, and even a church service where to her surprise, Catholic, Protestant, and even a few Jewish soldiers are all seen praying together and blessed by the same chaplain. Anne notices that the soldiers come from a deeply conservative culture and often look at her and Peter with mild disapproval (presumably because they’re not married) but nonetheless treat them as guests. Speaking with the upmost courtesy and politeness. A far cry from the desperation-induced disrespect of the Dutch and the outright bullying of the Germans.
>Anne and Peter eventually return to Foote’s tent, where he is in a heated argument with an infantry officer named Roland. From what she can glean of the conversation, Anne figures out that soldiers under Roland’s command were ordered to take a group of German officers prisoner, but killed them instead. Foote is furious that they both violated the Geneva Convention and cost him potentially valuable prisoners, but Roland angrily retorts that after what his men had seen, their actions were more than justified.
>After dismissing Roland, Foote allows Anne and Peter the use of his tent for the night.
>Sitting by a campfire, Foote spends his time reading through the papers taken off the German officers. After taking down whatever useful information he can find, he decides to take a look at Anne’s diary.
>Anne and Peter have sex in the tent during the night, although they try to avoid making a mess and too much noise,having noticed that they took visible offense to their public (and very passionate) displays of affection
>after Peter reflexively covers her mouth to keep her from screaming while climaxing, Anne suffers a flashback and she starts quietly crying, leading Peter to comfort her to sleep
>the next morning, Foote , having spent the night reading through the diary abruptly returns it to Anne, telling her that she has a talent for writing, that people need to know what is happening to the Jews of Europe, and he can help her get it published in his country once the war is over
>Anne and Peter, exhausted and surprised by this abrupt change in fortune, simply nod in agreement