... I honestly don't know what to say. I hope this is not troll. It's not your fault.
Uuuh, try to spend more time and get more comfortable with him, that tends to ease things up.
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.