Hello I would suggest you to also complete your degree what ever else you do. And for your graphic designing you may contact any good animation institute there are many different courses which runs for different time duration, and you may join what ever suits you better.
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.