I checked his offcical blog (link 1) and there is no mention of the commercial. Also, I searced through articles written in the past week about Pete Townshend and "My Generation" but couldn't find anything. So, I don't think he has.
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.