I agree with cephia that and easier an quicker route is to apply using your own blog or website. With regard to applying via hubpages the general consensus that i'm aware of is that your hubpages a/c must be older than 6 months and that you must have a minimum of 10 hubs published before adsense is likely to approve you.GL & welcome to hubpages Tricia.
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.