If the question is asked on the application for insurance and you fail to disclose it, your policy would be null and void for materiel misrepresentation and you could be left out in the cold in the event you file a claim and they learn of the misrepresentation on the application. If it is not asked on the application....I see no need to "volunteer" the info.
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.