The forum although owned by the Talbot family was run by volunteers. Administration problems had begun to take up too much of the Talbot families limited time. They are a very busy family active with Connie's career.
They decided that they could no longer spend time on forum administration issues that were becoming increasingly difficult. Most likely more sophisticated fan sites will be developed by Connie's new management.
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.