== Self-Published Sources  == 

 Each of the sources that I removed are self-published sources written by amateur historians and WWII buffs who (i) have not been independently recognized as experts in the field, and (i) whose work in the relevant field not been previously published by independent, reputable third-party publishers.  As such, these sources cannot be used in Wikipedia as references, per WP:RS and WP:SPS. Many of these articles - there appear to be literally hundreds of them -  which improperly cite and rely extensively on these and similar sources, were written several years ago when Wikipedia didn't take quite as much care as it does now with such sources. If the text is to be maintained (and I have not removed any of the text at this point), those editors interested in these articles are going to have to find sources which actually meet the requirements of WP:RS. These kinds of websites are convenient, but it is not even remotely plausible that there are not other sources, albeit not readily available online, which would meet this requirement.