It that the one that goes, "Oh Ma-Ma, to me you are so beautiful ..."Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como and Dean Martin sang it. It was said that Dean Martin often had a request from a not so famous mob boss to sing this song. Actually you may also be thinking of Oh, My Papa" by Eddie Fisher.
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.