Soup. Find('abbr'). String should work fine.
There must be something wrong with date .
The error message is saying that date is None. You haven't shown enough code to say why that is so. Indeed, using the code you posted in the most straight-forward way should work.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.