Google maps is only one of many apps that offer street map and satellite views. Mapquest, Google maps, Google Earth (my favorite as it covers the entire planet) and if you have a Mac, Maps is an app installed as part of the OS. (I haven't seen a comparable one in Windows, but that doesn't mean there isn't one.
These are all freeware. I especially like zooming in with Google Earth as you can rotate and see from almost street level to get the actual details of structures and terrain.
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.