Yes, you'd need to include an IP address field in each document and include it in your shard key. Choosing a good shard key is quite a tricky thing to get right, it depends a lot on the shape of your data and how it'll be queried.
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.