Similarities, Democrats and Republicans now-a-days do not follow what the founders of this nation set the gov't up for, and that was "for the people". They are suppose to work for us, they are suppose to do what "we the people want". Not what they want.
But now they both work for themselves not the voters, do whats best for themselves not the voters, one hand washes the other, do what their party wants, only care about themselves, their friends, lobbyists, big business, collect millions of dollars in campaign contributions only to blow it on advertising, themselves and party's, spend our tax money like it's water, use propaganda telling the media and voters how hard their working and how much they really care about every citizen, money and power mean everything, ethics and honesty mean nothing.
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.