A soaring plane flew at a height of 120 feet" here "soaring ' is a participle...right?

Yes, participles look like verbs but function as adjectives. They may be present participles, as in "soaring plane," or past participles, as in "broken window" or "cracked ice. " Gerunds are verbals that function as nouns.In this sentence, "running" is a gerund: Running is my favorite form of exercise.

Here, "running" is a participle: The sound of running water lulled us to sleep.

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.