I don't know if it meats your needs, but you could use reStructuredText . Sphinx generates html from it for the python documentation and its written in python, so it should be easy to use for this purpose. I find it very neat and easy to read, as its designed to be, and it can do quite complicated tables.
I have found a solution myself since I found reST to complicated to use for technically inexperienced users. I might be a bit elaborate but it works for me.
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.