Just checked steam stats, you won't find a problem finding a game. There are people still playing it, but out of all the COD games, this is the one that suffered from Hackers the most! So a large portion of the playerbase is probably those clowns.
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.