Yes the deeper you go the higher the pressure, it's because the weight of more things, like land, water, buildings, cars , people are combined. Where as you were in the streets you have atmospheric weight on you.
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.