Biblical Answer: People would love the world and the things in the world: 1 John 2:15-17 - "Do not love either the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him; because everything in the world the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the showy display of one's means of life does not originate with the Father, but originates with the world. Furthermore, the world is passing away and so is its desire, but the one who does the will of God remains forever."People would let their own desires rules their conduct: James 1:14,15 - "But each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed by his own desire.
Then the desire, when it has become fertile, gives birth to sin; in turn sin, when it has been carried out, brings forth death."The Devil controls the world, including it's information channels: 1 John 5:19 - "We know that we originate with God, but the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one."The Devil is misleading the majority of the world: Revelation 12:9 - "So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him."The Devil blinds the minds of people: 2 Corinthians 4:3,4 - "If, in fact, the good news we declare is veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through."Jesus foretold most people would not listen: Matthew 7:13,14 - "Go in through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are finding it.
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.