Number the Stars By analaurafontana Nov 11, 1918 World War 1 ends Sep 1, 1939 World War 2 begins Aug 20, 1941 Nazi siege of Leningrad begins http://books.google.com.ar/books?id=SVvVCPqXmWwC&dq=the+siege+by+helen+dunmore&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=es&ei=m2_vSqq1D9OWtgfT08gw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false May 7, 1945 German troops surrender http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/keitel.htm Aug 6, 1945 First atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima