The reason your getting the error is you have to install Windows onto the harddisk. You can't just buy a new harddrivd and plug it in and expect anything to work. You now must install Windows or Linux on to the harddrive.
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.