Conservatives are not opposed to progress. What they're opposed to is change for the sake of change. Just because something is new doesn't make it better.
Conservatives are more in favor of evolutionary change, whereas liberals tend to favor ore revolutionary changes.
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.