You can do that.... but you'll have to install Wine (apt-get install wine) and then install in Wine the windows version of Python and all the python libraries your application needs, and then you'll be able to freeze your script into an exe for windows in your ubuntu box.
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.