America obssesses over Putin. I think a mere handful of experts on Russia understand what he does. The west does not report on Putin except when they can chide him, criticize him, marginalize or demonize him.
Thats what British and American readers are fed. Putin is leading the charge against IS while America accuses him of only attacking their terrorists, and is America even attacking ISIS or only Assad's enemies? Putin is very clever, astute, insightful, and a great statesman and patriot.
U.S. operatives openly accuse Putin of operating in Russia's best interest instead of America's. OMG! Thats what the west resents, so they punish the Russian people with economic sanctions and Europe complies with America, to such an extent that the French and British had to sell some landmarks and assets to China and get India to invest in Britain.
Putin is a career dictator who maintains his grip by telling the Russian people what they want to hear. Under his leadership, Russia has annexed large swathes of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova. A missile fired from inside Russia shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MA17 killing all 298 on board.
If you believe anything the bastard has to say, get on the first flight to Moscow.
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.