FILE - In this Sunday, March 22, 2020, file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at a news conference about the new coronavirus, in Berlin. World War II references are now heard daily, not because another momentous 75th anniversary, Victory in Europe Day approaches in May but because of the coronavirus. (Michael Kappeler/Pool photo via AP, File)
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Virus causes surge in WW II references, but is it merited?
LONDON (AP) — In the first week of June 2019, World War II was on many people's minds.