If I copy, modify, then submit a file in Perforce, will the copy still retain the original's history?

The answer, for the record, is yes. Remember to use the -i ("inherited history") flag on p4 filelog .

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.