I doubt it. From what I can tell, Zim's ship goes faster then a rocket. For example: Inthe episode Baloniouse Maximus, when Zim was in Dib's lab (Which by the way is super high tech) Zim says irkin babies play with more advanced metionary.
Think about it, if they can conquer planets far more advance then earth, they should be able to build pretty fast moving ships, far more faster then a plane.
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.