Instead of returning a String, which is very inflexible, consider returning a View.
One of the ways you can achieve this is to use your web application deployed to the root and not as context "myapp". This makes sense as you have separate domains configured. Just use put all your files on the tomcat root folder.
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.