Yes it can which is why it's so important to test oneself regularly and stay protected. The symptoms can take 6 months for a woman to show up and by then it can, or not, be too late and she's sterile. It's like Russian Roulette.
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.