Does the bible ever state that the earth is 6000 years old?

That depends on where you are on the planet. The Arctic Circle is the point at which, on midwinter's day, the sun doesn't rise. As you go further north the length of the period of darkness increases until at the North Pole, you have six months without a sunrise.

At the other end of the Earth it is the same story with the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole. At about 70°N and 70°S there would be fifteen days of darkness every winter.

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.