Though I am not quite old enough to remember silent movies -- some days I feel like I am old enough -- I have been a classic movie buff for my entire life. And for the last 20 years or so I have embraced silent movies as well. Buster Keaton and Louise Brooks are my favorites.
The General and Pandora's Box . . .Amazing.
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.