For the soldiers lucky enough to survive World War II and return home, one impulse reigned supreme above all others: make babies. 

There's a reason the birth rate spiked so high in the mid to late 1940s, and it's because those lucky enough still be alive after history's deadliest conflict felt a responsibility to grab life by the belt buckle. Not to mention that their counterparts at home, after suffering through years of a significant bachelor shortage, now had their pick of the litter. Conditions were ripe for the nasty. 

Here are 20 post World War II couples well on their way to creating the largest generation in history.