Ian's map shows the problem with the question. If you take "northwest coast of Africa to mean Morocco down to about Mauretania, then North America is correct. But if you take it to mean Senegal or Sierra Leone, which I think are still plausible, it would be South America. Poorly phrased question unless the course had specifically defined where "northwest coast" ends.
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.