Take that back and get a inexpensive BluRay player. Spend $20 more and get one that has Netflix and other streaming services built in. You may find you don't even rent/watch disks anymore because so much is available streaming.
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.