Mailto link (in chrome) is triggering window.onbeforeunload - can I prevent this?

Add a flag and see if it is flipped, set the flag on the link click.

Another option, also a bit hacky but a bit more generic way to make the beforeunload ignore certain types of links.

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.