In my experiments, I found out that there's very little customisation available that you can do with Tabs' position. This, as an answer, I would say, till now we can't position tabs on the left or right. I may be wrong, but this is what I feel.
I think for creating a layout with Tabs on the left hand side, you can get related information on this link: Left Side Tab Widget.
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.