Of course it won't work and especially if you are trying to sell it to gamestop they are not new to people trying get over on them. They would not give you nowhere near 40 dollars for the game. At the highest end $20 - $25 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.