In the end I went for the following solution.
Just give the user the option to choose a preferred unit in a settings menu. If it is a traveling user you don't want the app to be geographically aware, IMO.
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.