In the Network Connections on the host PC, you might try repairing the connections that are created by VMWare. Something like "VMWare Network Adapter VMnet1.
There should be a vmware. Log file or something similar in the directory that contains your vm. After you start the vm, are there any new errors in it?
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.