Many slaves ran away to join the union army during the Civil War. Lincoln credited the 180,000 black union soldiers with 'helping turn the tide of the war'. The movie 'Glory' showed Denzel Washington's character was one.
Slaves didn't know the outcome of the war until after it was over, so naturally some still tried to escape. More.
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.