Oh they'll bury their dislike and pretend it never happened. They have the mindset that they deserve the presidency, no matter who they put up, because they really truly think they are better than the rest of us. No matter how badly their policies have turned out in the past.
They will ignore the history just as they will ignore the fact that Romney is as close to a hated liberal as they have. The slogan Anyone but Obama...that just sounds desperate, reactionary, not well grounded and an appeal to emotions that don't call for critical thinking. In other words, a perfect slogan for today's Republicans.
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.