the first week of June 2019, World War II was on many people's minds.
It was the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a week filled with events honoring the sacrifice and blood of tens of thousands of Allied soldiers that was spilled on the French beaches. Leaders from the United States, Britain, Canada, France and then-foe and now ally Germany gathered in a rare show of unity in Normandy, where the tide of the war was so decisively turned.
Now, nine months later, World War II references are once again being heard daily because of the coronavirus.
The comparison is everywhere in recent days: The world is facing the most serious threat and challenge since the last truly global war. Various leaders have cited World War II in their virus-related remarks. There is pervasive fear that an ''invisible enemy? could cause a severe escalation in deaths, ravage the global economy, hamper food supply and spark social unrest.
