Allah is personal. If you feel like there's no Allah, there is no Allah to you. You're still a good person, you're still a good Muslim, and if you feel like Islam is too oppressing because it demands belief in Allah, then find a different religion.
You're identity is your religion, your religion is not your identity. Whatever you believe, find a religion that believes that, or accept that you're truth is different from that of other people.
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.