Do you ever use historical events as inspiration for events, battles, political hijinks, etc. in your campaigns or adventures? If so, what, and how did you implement it?
Star Wars takes heavy inspiration from WWII for much of its combat and story (dambusters/trench run, hunt for the Bismarck/Malevolence, D-Day/Second Battle of Geonosis, space combat, starfighters, etc), and that is one of the (if not the ) main reasons I like it.
I was always fascinated by the Pacific theater of WWII because of the ships and the fighters. The "space" part of Star Wars. When you think about it, in Star Wars, there's a space battle over a planet, and then the attacking force invades (almost always successfully, even if Pyrrhic) said planet. In the Pacific, there would often be a naval battle (or a series) as the attacking force tried to clear the waters and air so that they could land their troops on the island. Then more naval battles and skirmishes would follow as both sides tried to reinforce or retreat, slipping transports past the blockades. In particular, this makes me think of Christophsis and Guadalcanal, although the similarities are not perfect.
I was fascinated by the European and North African theaters for the ground combat and the role airpower took, more comparable to Star Wars ground combat. This is more easily found in the Clone Wars, one of the big reasons I love that series.
I have considered (though not yet implemented) a story inspired by the Warsaw Uprising in particular, and contemplated what other historical events would make good Star Wars stories. Battles that come to mind are Taffy 3 and The Battle off Samar (the charge of the tin cans), the rest of the naval battles around the Philippines, The Battle of the Bulge, The Battle of Britain, the Americans holding out at Bataan and Corregidor, The Battle of Berlin, Anzio, Monte Carlo, the sabotage of the heavy water plant, and I already mentioned it in relation to Christophsis, but Guadalcanal. Of course Midway, Coral Sea, Marianas Turkey Shoot all would make for good space battle adaptations. I am sure there are many slipping my mind right now, but these are just some off the top of my head that I think most people would have a decent understanding of. I didn't list Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Saipan, etc. because those battles don't translate well to a planet-wide invasion.
A note on Taffy 3: This is pretty much a perfect story to translate into the Rebels fighting the Empire. You have fragile carriers fleeing from the mightiest surface warship afloat, while their "corvettes" run up under the guns, evading incoming fire and pestering the enemy while every fighter they have is launched, relaunched, and launched again to harass and slow down the Imperial warships, managing to score surprising victories and escaping with a surprising amount of their forces.
As you can probably tell, combat, WWII in particular, is my focus. But I do not mean to limit the question to war, other historical events can also make good fodder for Star Wars stories.