The best time of year is usually from about November to mid-Feb. That's the "cool" season... which will seem like summer if you come from a temperate climate. That's the time when people of Indian descent that live in the West usually pick to go!
However the aiirfares are also higher then because it's the peak season.
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.