Fort Worth is nicknamed the Panther City...in 1800's a lawyer from Dallas reportedly claimed after visiting Cowtown things were so quiet he saw a panther sleeping on main street and that's how the nickname came to be. This site has the article and more info on the topic. pantherfountain.com/pantherstory.asp.
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.