Most nations have a propensity to romanticize instances of past warfare, and few capture our collective morbid interest to the same extent as World War II. Even after more than seventy years, there remains a widespread and somewhat sadistic fascination with it. If WWII continues to rank among the most interesting of international conflicts long into the future, it may help explain the unusually high level of IFO activity in and around regions most heavily engaged in this conflict throughout the mid-20th century, as it may become an important stop on any time tour of historical human conflicts.
