As World War II raged across Europe, German U-boats launched a brutal campaign to choke Britain’s vital supply lines. This episode explores the early triumphs of the German submarine fleet during the ...
Eminent scholar Roger Moorhouse recently spoke to Military Times to discuss his book, “Wolfpack: Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War," ...
Accidents involving toilets typically only involve personal embarrassment, and rarely are they the cause behind the sinking of a specialized hunter-killer submarine. That's precisely what happened, ...
Binoculars, plates emblazoned with swastikas among finds. Nov. 23, 2013— -- Researchers have apparently discovered the remains of a World War II-era German U-boat and the skeletons of its crew ...
The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.
The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...
RAF Mosquitos were famed for speed and precision, and their low-level raids on German U-boats were among the war’s riskiest ...
Alexander Rose’s "Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II’s Most Daring Heist" is a thrilling, deeply researched account of one of the most audacious naval operations of ...
One of the deadliest military machines of World War II was the infamous German U-boat. While most people know a little about U-boats and are more than aware that they're submarines, one thing that's ...
The U-505 submarine served 12 patrols and sank eight enemy boats before the US Navy captured it. The U-boat is now on display at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. Visitors can walk ...
A German submarine torpedoed the S.S. Pennsylvania Sun on July 15, 1942, destroying 107,500 barrels of U.S. Navy fuel oil. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Early on June 29, 1942, the 8,032-ton ...
For over thirty years after World War II, German naval commanders believed their U-boats were defeated by Allied radar and[...] ...