Myth to those who don't believe and real to those guys who are having their bread buttered with it.... myth and nonsense to me!
Load of rubbish but very enetertaining and if done properly they can be self-fulfilling to some degree. If you convince someone of a certain path they can end up taking it and believe it was fate.
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.