You can try to use excelExport method of jqGrid from grid.import.js. Loot at http://www.trirand.net/documentation/php/_2v212tis2.htm and http://www.trirand.net/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=183 . Probably it is whhat you are looking for.
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.