The second part plunges into relentless forest battles, encirclement, devastating casualties, hunger, exhaustion, and ...

This film tells the story of the M18 Hellcat and how speed transformed armored warfare in World War II. It follows American ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was flying Red Cross flags and even radioed for help in English. American ...

The narrow road through the Masurian countryside winds alongside shimmering lakes and mossy swamps. It passes through sleepy villages filled with steep-roofed houses that, even on a warm summer’s day, ...

Empathy is under attack lately. The all-important ability to see the world through another person’s eyes is now being recast as something corrosive. The argument goes like this: if you’re empathetic, ...

When a tired-looking Friedrich Merz addressed reporters in the Brussels darkness, the German chancellor admitted that 18 hours of negotiations to secure critical financing for Ukraine had taken their ...

A majority of Germans now consider Europe’s security situation more dangerous than the Cold War era amid growing doubts about the willingness of the United States to come to the Continent’s defense, ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

Friedrich Merz believes the world needs a stronger Germany. He is still navigating how to do it. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. Guten Morgen, Welt! I’m in Berlin for a few days on my ...

When it was first published in 1993, Pope St. John Paul II’s encyclical on the reform of Catholic moral theology, Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth), dealt a severe blow to the pride of many ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. This past ...