Would think if he read Guns, Germs, and Steel which is a book that explains how European society began to dominate the world. Steel is extremely important in gaining our wealth and prosperity and so is oil. Without cheap energy, the whole world would be third world.
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.