If you are attempting to create a menu the correct markup you should use is a list, such as this.
I'm not 100% sure I understand what you want with 'background-text'. If you simply want a link with a >> in front, why don't you just do this inside your div?
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.