I was thinking it might be the tchhiker with C Thomas Howell but in that one they don't kill the he kills the man and the woman survives, killing the bad guy in the end.
Kind of Sounds like Kalifornia, except the couple isn't newlywed. With David Duchovny and Brad Pitt?
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.