Cart before the hoarse", I hear this a lot in the north, I like it. It just means you've got something in the wrong order. For example if I got dressed then went into the shower I have absolutely, got the "Cart before hoarse"!
I am native northern UK ;-).
What fur cat fur make a pair of kitten britches" My grandma says this all the time. It is used in Kansas because we say fur instead of for a lot. So this is my grandma's response to someone that says "what fur".
Another one that my great-grandpa would say was " A couple two or three". This is in reference to amounts, for example, here in Kansas and most of the U.S. we say a couple for two and a few for more then two.
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.