Give it a day, if she doesn't return, I am sorry to say, but she probably didn't survive. Living near the woods might make it harder, not trying to get eaten by stray cats, bugs, fishercats, or coyotes.
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.