I think this works, but I haven't tested it thoroughly. You have 2 arcs and each arc has a start angle and a stop angle. I'll work this in degrees measured clockwise from north, as you have done, but it will be just as easy to work in radians measured anti-clockwise from east as the mathematicians do.
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.