Certain issues need to be clarified and resolved before we can enter into a reasonable discussion.
In your question, you have presented at least two major issues at the same time. Those two issues are E-A-V and gen-spec.
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.