You need to put together all of this pieces.
Back in the old days, before I stopped using Microsoft products entirely, I swore by a product called 4DOS from JP Software. The company still exists, and they have kept their product line up to date. It's commercial software, but it made DOS+Windows+OS/2 scripting a breeze.
(And yes, REXX is not a breeze.).
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.