If you are in a multithreaded environment, you may prefer to look at using a ConcurrentDictionary. I blogged about it a couple of months ago, you might find the article useful: colinmackay.co.uk/blog/2011/03/24/parall....
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.