You usually cannot play driving or flying games with a mouse and keyboard because the keyboard in general isn't sensitive enough to register small movements. You could play with the mouse but that's just awkward. You'd be best off to get a cheap 360 controller for windows.
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.