Is humanities a social science?

No. A humanities subject is not a social and behavioural science.

Humanities subject humanities subject humanities subject (an academic discipline which studies the human condition, using methods that are largely analytic, critical, or speculative) wikipedia.

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.