You were extremely selfish and immature, and your story doesn't add up. You don't think you should attend a friend's wedding without your distant fiance but it is okay to go to a movie with some guy? How far in advance did you plan your movie date?
Really? You couldn't change that? The good news is you have shown your true colors and the people who called you out on your behavior won't want to be your friends anymore.
Problem solved.
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.