Another long shot, but it happened to me once in Firefox - doubled page executions, resulting in doubled inserts and updates - close your browser and restart.
I know this will sound strange but make sure that you don't have tag with empty src="" attribute or any css style refering to empty url (like background: url();) on your site around the place when you have your code that runs twice.
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.