# data[].attributes.body
https://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/siege-of-leningrad.asphttps://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/siege-of-leningrad.asp

# data[].attributes.body
lhttps://www.historyonthenet.com/authentichistory/1930-1939/4-roadtowar/1-germany/index.html this article demonstrates how post ww1 Germany transitioned into Nazi Germany.

# data[].attributes.body
http://ww2today.com/17-august-1944-a-shattered-city-festung-st-malo-surrendershttp://ww2today.com/17-august-1944-a-shattered-city-festung-st-malo-surrenders
Saint-Malo France was a city occupied and used by the Germans as both a fortress and as a naval port. It was an excellent port due to its location on the English Channel and its relative closeness to the Atlantic Ocean. The Germans occupying the town were not allowed to surrender and had to hold out through the American bombing and shelling and the British naval fire. Through the American ands british attacks, the town was almost destroyed.

# data[].attributes.body
Picture of the natural history museum.The Sea of Flames was bassed on the Delhi Purple Sapphire. The Sapphire was looted from a temple of an Indian god of war in 1857 and the Sapphire was taken to England by Colonel W. Ferris. Ferris’s family had medical and financial problems after he returned with the Sapphire. Edward Heron-Allen was the next owner of the Sapphire and he donated it to the museum of natural history in 1943 after giving it to bankers to lock away for the duration of his life. The natural history museum was instructed to not open the box for a few years and to not let the Sapphire come into contact with his daughter.

# data[].attributes.body
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/fall_france_01.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/fall_france_01.shtml
Paris surrendered to the Germans on June 13 after they began the attack on Paris on June 5, 1940. Paris was liberated on August 26, 1944 by the French 2nd Armored Dviision and the US 4th Infantry Division.

# data[].attributes.body
France was trying to bring everyone into the war agasinst Germany so many posters and painting were created to do that. French propaganda was not only used to help bring in soldiers, but was also used to get peoples spirits up and persuade people to donate and support the troops.

# data[].attributes.body
In 1940 Germany wasn’t completely in France yet but they were starting to move in  on them and France started to mobilize there army.https://www.ushmm.org/lcmedia/map/lc/image/fra86100.gif

# data[].attributes.body
https://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/fall-of-berlin.asp
In the novel the Women in the Castle, each chapter begins with a location and a date. The timeline shows important events that have occurred during World War II. The timeline gives the readers additional information on the events that had occurred during the time period the characters in the novel are currently in.

# data[].attributes.body
After World War II, Germany was split between Britain, America, France, and the Soviets. Hypothetically, the Germans were to be treated equally in each sector, but, in reality each carried out vastly different policies. This was important to Marianne, Liesel, and Martin’s travel across Germany to find Benita. For example, they had to be more careful in the sector controlled by the British than in the sector controlled by the Americans.

# data[].attributes.body
https://www.npr.org/2014/11/02/358124326/amid-hunger-and-cold-an-unforgettable-symphony-premiere
This is an article about a photographer who admist the starvation and trauma managed to take photoes to caputure the essence of the stuggle during the Siege of Leningrad