1 mile is hard to show but I know that in Canada you know the place that uses the metric system not like the us who are a little slow in changing over but I use 70l for every 350-400km depending on hills and speed and so on.
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.