Well, some would have it that Robt. Stevenson invented an engine that he called The Rocket And Sinophiles would say that the Chinese had rockets hundreds of years ago So perhaps Goddard was merely another person interested in the fun of rockets - they had already been invented And good on him and his sense of fun, adventure and enquiry.
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.