Now they are in a race against time to learn the secrets hidden. U-boats stranded on the south coast of England after the surrender of Germany in the First World War are surrounded by onlookers on ...

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.

People like to make things more complicated than they need to be, and the words we choose to describe things are just one of those many ways. For instance, consider that all bourbons are whiskey, but ...

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, ...

After the Japanese aircraft carrier raid on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, followed by Germany’s and Italy’s declarations of war on the United States on the 11th, the three Axis navies adopted ...

The development of the automotive torpedo during World War I helped submarines to become more efficient by allowing them to attack from a safe distance. During World War I, Germany’s U-boats engaged ...

Summary and Key Points: Germany’s Technik Museum Sinsheim is set to showcase a retired German U-Boat, U17, joining its impressive collection of over 3,000 exhibits, including a Concorde and a ...

The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first "Happy Time," followed by the second "Happy Time," and then utter destruction by the Allies. In reality, the ...

Divers recently discovered the wreck of a German submarine and the Royal Navy Q-ship that sank it in February 1917 Sean Kingsley - History Correspondent Diver Chris de Putron inspects the wreck of the ...

This undated photo, provided by the National WW II Museum in New Orleans, shows Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Gunther Kuhlmann, center, saluting commander of the German U-boat U-166 on his boat. The U-166 ...