As an employer I can say yes. When we verify employment we will ask the person what were your employment dates, start dates etc. I've never been told just a year and of course just a month. Of course if someone just says the year and its within the past few years I am going to ask for the month.
The main reason employers want to know the month is that it can be a huge difference in time. If someone started a job in 2009 and left in 2010 that can look as if it was at least a year or close to two years. But if its November 2009 to January 2010 you'll realize that the applicant didn't make it out of the probation period.
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.