Last month, Germany marked Veterans Day for the first time in decades. Once seen as unthinkable because of the country’s military history during World War II, Germany is now launching a campaign to boost morale, acceptance and enlistment. Reporter Rebecca Collard gets into the complexity of Germany’s relationship with its army, the Bundeswehr.
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