Well, in my research on the varied prophecies, none of them state that the world will end in 2012 at all. It appears that the fact that the Mayan calendar ends in 2012 that people are speculating that this means that the world will end. According to the varied prophecies we may expect some really tough times to begin in 2012, but not the end of the world.
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.