On linux distributions you can install an useful little program pdftk . It works well to bind PDF's together. For example.
To simplify the process of generating table of contents for PDF files, I've successfully generated LaTeX code from php and then used latex2pdf to generate the PDF file.
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.