Thermostat very rarely will ever cause it to overheat, if you don't know what your doing or how to bleed the coolant system, you can cause an air pocket to form inside the coolant passage which will cause an additional overheating issue & you may have fixed the original overheating issue but caused another one in the process. Have you checked the cooling fan operation? Air flow across the radiator?
The radiator internally? Head Gaskets been checked using the special tool & solution you can buy from any auto parts store?
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.