I think it isn't true. I'm italian and all young people know english, even if not perfectly but good enough to take part to a conversation. In most of italian schools you study english 3 hours at week, and not 5.
Are you italian or are inventing your question?
English is an easy language to learn, is harder for english speakers to learn romance languages.
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.