Chrono crusade Black Cat Katanagatari Hope I could help :).
Ranma 1/2 -There's school IN it but it's hardly about it. Pretty good. Lots of fighting Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles- Logistics could use work but the plot is good and there's action.
Prince of Tennis- Again, they go to school, but it's about tennis. The only anime I've ever seen to make the game more interesting than it is.
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.