For the same reason James Madison, Founding Father and 4th President of the USA, did. That's right! Gun crazy James Madison wrote in Federalist Papers 46 that the final check to prevent government from turning tyrannical is "citizens with arms."
Look it up yourself if you don't believe me. Here's the article!
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.