You can install the PHP module for IIS. It's pretty straightforward and allows IIS to work with PHP files. http://php.iis.net.
There is a very simple way to install wordpress on iis http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/280/install-wordpress-on-iis/ regarding of installing it as a web application I don't think it is possible because it must have it's own application pool.
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.