What would great britain be like today if oliver cromwell was still in charge of running the country?

No - there is absolutely NO connection between what Luther did, and its consequences, and Cromwell's influence. Other than being instrumental in winning the Civil War for Parliament, his influence had practically no long-term consequences - except in one VERY important matter. He was Head of State - "Lord Protector" - but under the "Instrument of Government" (our only written Constitution) which gave him less power than has the present-day House of Lords - Parliament could over-rule any of his Ordinances, while he could only delay Parliamentary legislationfor 21 days!

He had always stood for "liberty of conscience" in matters of religion, and opposed any persecution on religious grounds. Parliament, however, was committed to enforcing the Presbyterian version of Christianity upon everyone, with fierce penalties for "dissent", and also introduced highly- intrusive legislation concerning privatr life, and abolishing Chistmas, closing Play-houses etc. Because he was Head of State, and because the ""Instrument of Government" is never even mentioned in History lessons, the idea has grown up that he was some sort of "dictator" - which is exactly the REVERSE of the truth. Also, it has meant that he has been blamed - MOST unjustly - for the very legislation to which he was most strongly opposed - but could do nothing to prevent.

Blaming HIM for "Puritan repression" is like blaming Queen Elizabeth II for Britain's entry into, and participation in, the Iraq War! At the Restoration of Charles II, ALL the legislation of the Commonwealth Period was repealed, and all the people prominent in that period were denigrated, especially Cromwell. With its tight control of printing and publishing, the "Cavalier Parliament was able to put out a highly-inaccurate version, which became embedded in "popular History", and, as a result of constant blind repitition is with us to this day.

Cromwell's REALLY important action though was his support for the "Commonwealth's General-at -Sea, Robert Blake. Blake is by far our most important "naval hero", literally creating the Navy "from scratch",giving it the organization, discipline, tactics and traditions which, during the Commonwealth Period, won England access into world-wide sea-borne trade, and made it a power to be reckoned with by the Great Powers of Europe. And, of course it is that Navy which enabled England to become THE great World Power.

And that is all down to Cromwell and Blake - both of whose bodies were disinterred from Westminster Abbey, dismembered, and thrown on a dung-hill by order of Parliament ............

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.