A degree is no proof of intelligence. I can go to several sites on line and just buy a degree, professional credentials, and become an ordained minister. Most degrees just prove a person is a smarta$$ with little or no common sense.
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.