Simply doing a reply all will work. The mailing list stacks threads based on the email subject line. So long as the mailing list is somewhere in the send/cc list - and the subject remains the same; the post will be appended to the thread.
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.