I'm American but I'm going to guess probably not, or that not most really care about knowing that kind of stuff, not to sound like a rude or hateful type of person but I honestly don't know about our own American endangered species, and I am betting there are more out there like me that don't actually know.
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.