First of all "French" isn't a race. Why don't you know what a "race" is? French people are part of the same race as all Europeans, white Caucasian.
And you are generalizing, have you been to France and met every French person? I highly doubt that. You are judging "FRANCE" based on a French "Canadian" and that is wrong.
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.