Look out the window Austin, It's pretty obvious that it is flat.
Belief overpowers logic any day of the week. But then again who knows? There is a theory that everything is a hologram in science so maybe the world is flat and we don't know it don't belive that myself but doesn't hurt to be open to the idea no matter how stupid it may sound.
Much like if you said the earth was round way back they would think you were absolutely crazy.
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.