It's the way of the world. "There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way”. C.S. Lewis.
It seems like those following the secular world today are repeating the situation that was in Israel as described in Judges 17:6 "....everyone did what was right in their own eyes.
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.