Heroic nihilism very eloquently describes the gallant and bold success, of what turns out to be ... a morally empty pursuit.
Being courageous and seeking danger for a foolish reason . Or not having a reasonable idea of the outcome Aristotle wrote going into danger without a reasonable chance of living through it was foolish.
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.