If in USA YES. Got libraries where you live? Plenty of books on how to apply for grants scholarship etc available.
In USA you can attend local community colleges for first two to three years of degree. U can attend C.c. For programs leading to employment and good paying income locally.
Many in under two years easily and pay 35k$ - 60000$ First year working. Many paying Better income than many 4yr degree ever do. U can work and pay as you go.
Libraries can help you learn.
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.