FILE - In this Thursday, March 19, 2020, file photo, Spanish UME (Emergency Army Unit) soldiers disinfect a terminal to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus at a Barcelona airport in Spain. 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. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
March 25, 2020
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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.