I believe lots of people have their first submissions rejected. They have a very stringent editing process. Apparently their forums are helpful, even if their editors' rejections are not - I couldn't make head nor tail of why my article was rejected, so couldn't find a fix.
I felt like the class dunce!
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.