"If it's fake your going to find out pretty fast.
You could go to your local Cartier shop/dealer and ask, they should know. I don't think there is another way, watches don't have serial numbers or things like that to track them online, although it wouldn't be a bad idea.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.