This is a feature: the default frontend pager is just like that (page 1 is always the newest page). For a richer pager just take a look at the one in the TheAdmin theme (Views/Pager). This below is a stripped down version of it, displaying also the page numbers.
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.