I ended up using QImages and optimizing my code by minimizing the number of QGLWidget::bindTextures I was calling. I still have not received a satisfactory answer about how premultiplied QPixmaps can be used as semi-transparent textures, but I'm satisfied with my program performance and won't be checking this thread anymore.
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.