Many animals rely on other senses than sight. But it takes years of evolution blind people are very successful so are deaf people.
Except for those who are already self reliant and living on an established farm, just about everyone else would be dead within a week.
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.