I don't believe in time and I still believe in determinism BECAUSE of Schroedinger's cat! If remote events affect remote events (as Schroedinger predicts) the universe backwards and forwards in time (since it is all one and temporality is an illusion) is a cat's cradle of interwoven causes and effects. All Schroedinger does is say the effects are causes TOO!
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.