I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience on the site. I'm confused about how you said your answer was not published. Every answer submitted on Mahalo should be published unless there was some technical error, but that is rare.As far as feedback goes.
There are a few things that can happen. People can vote up your answers if they think they are good. People can comment on your answers if they want to.
If your answer is selected as the best answer, you will receive the tip for that question. I noticed the 2 links you posted in your question were answers to questions from @davepamn. He is known for asking tons of questions, so he might not reply to your answers right away.
If you would like some feedback from him, I recommend that you send him a direct message.
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.