You can call SetRedraw( FALSE) for child windows so they don't update themselves every time you change the parent and when parent editing is complete you can finally call SetRedraw(TRUE) for childs - and perhaps invalidate at that time so they update themselves only once.
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.