I think it was a misused idiom. He means, "and so it goes" or "that's the way things are". "And so it goes" was used in some movie as a sign of resignation and acceptance of the way things are.
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.