Just be sincere and hang out whenever there's time. Normally, it's pretty easy to make friends with colleagues and some even last up till a few years. Mingling with colleagues is actually pretty enjoyable because they understand work stress and the type of workload too.
Go for dinner, lunch and invite home for special occasions.
Be cheerful and enthusiastic. But be on top of your game at the same time. The same people can become your friends as well as enemies.So its always good to keep a rapport with them.
But you should not allow them to dictate you life and work. That might adversely affect your office/career life if you do so.
I learned in my past years that I should always happy wit my colleagues n be cool behaviour wit them n most important thing never showoff. Keep smiling.
With the passage of time, after 2 or 3 months naturally a very good relationship will build with your colleagues but you have to take care of somethings like do not get so free or so shy with the colleagues always communicate with them in a very co operative and respectful manner despite of their rank, you will have a very good relation with your colleagues.
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.