Once aware of the treachery of Barbarosa, he threw people at the front while moving his industrial base to the rear. He practiced a strategic withdrawal and sacrificed millions in the defense of Lenigrad. Moscow and Stalingrad.
He found his military commander, much like Lincoln found Grant, and with Zhukov in command, Kursk, Stalingrad and Berlin were only pawns in the warfare game. Stalin's kind of warfare assured maximum casualties on both sides, but an ultimate Allied victory.
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.