The Japanese have taken the politics out of cartoons and have given them some sort of character lesson. I myself hate the new cartoons and really like the old one from the 1930's and so but you hardly see them anymore. Even Tom and Jerry has gotten silly like it's for 4 year olds.
Years ago we got some political view in our cartoons and it was a cartoon for kids and an underlying message for adults. Now also the drawings do not look like our kids and they have put their likeness into the cartoons.
This actual topic came to my mind a few days ago when I was watching Cartoon Network with my son. They have revamped the old "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! " cartoon, which originally appeared in 1969.
The new version is called "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated", and it is still pretty tame compared to other cartoons today. However, the writers have made changes to the characters that give a bit of insight into how companies perceive children now. In general, the teen characters show less respect to adults than they did in the original cartoon.
They even had Velma speaking with an attitude to her parents in one scene. So, it seems that the creators think that kids of this generation would identify more with teens that are generally annoyed by the adults around them. As for political correctness, I think that you wouldn't see the same stereotypical black characters in a mainstream cartoon now like you would have in old Tom and Jerry cartoons.
I believe that this is a positive step for programming since children are not old enough to process stereotypes from reality.
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.