If you really want to do this on page load (i.e. Not in response to an AJAX request), then you do not need JQuery, you need the radioGroup grails tag, with the values and labels parameters filled by your database query result.
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.