I always chuckle at libs such as you. You smugly claim that, if you lived during a particular period of time, well, you'd stand up against the flow (read: bad, ol' white 'Christian' America, circa 1940) and assert your independence. So strong!
So brave! No you wouldn't. You'd sit your a$$ down in the classroom and do what you were told.
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.