It is a problem. Whereas English is very important in one's later life, learning subjects like Science, story or Maths in a language that is not your mother tongue is a huge handicap to scholars. They did an experiment in my city teaching science to boys at a private school in Xhosa (their second language) and they conceded it was virtually impossible to learn that way.
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.