QT is still one of if not the most popular open source GUI programming API right now because it can target all the major platforms (Linux, OS X, and Windows). I don't think the results of that question have changed much if at all in the last 6 months.
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.