If it seems like everyone’s suddenly talking about the Second World War these days, you’re not wrong — even if the talking heads frequently are. Subject matter experts who ought to know better have been engaging in some remarkable feats of mental gymnastics in their efforts to cram the proverbial round peg into a square hole. Their efforts to describe the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia in the language of the Second World War have led to some incredible gaffes. Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, recently claimed on Rachel Maddow’s show that Hitler didn’t kill ethnic...