Why don't white Americans call themselves European Americans in the same way that blacks are African Americans?

They saw no need to change what had been perfected. Another reason is that most did not mine and melt metal or didn't have those things available. The Vikings traded with some tribes and gave them metal tools.

The Vikings left, the tools eventually broke down and that was the end if that.

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.