The record for the longest time spent awake was 264 hours, set by 17 year old Randy Gardener in 1965, while he was doing a science project. The average human can usually only stay away for 2 or 3 days without being forced.
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.