Because, like Alabama Man, alpha particles are big, strong, and active! An alpha particle is about 16,000 times more massive than an electron and has twice their charge, but of opposite sign. Therefore, as alpha particles plow through a material, they're ripping electrons off of the atoms and molecules within that material left and right without breaking a sweat, ionizing all of those poor atoms and molecules in the process.
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.