The German Submarine branch of the Kriegsmarine was one of the most fear-inducing branches of the German military apparatus ...

Eminent scholar Roger Moorhouse recently spoke to Military Times to discuss his book, “Wolfpack: Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War," ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...

Joseph Jennings dedicated much of his 100 years on the planet to public service. He served in the Navy in World War II – as a radioman on a PBY 5A Catalina seaplane that sank a German submarine off ...

Submarines were key for Allied and Axis forces throughout World War II. At the war's onset, Germany's fleet of U-boat submarines created a distinct advantage for the Nazi's Kriegsmarine.According to ...

In December 1941, following Pearl Harbor, the United States was unexpectedly and unpreparedly thrust into the Second World War against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan. This turn of ...

During World War II, German U-boats sank 175 warships and 2,800 merchant vessels. Although Churchill said, “The only thing ...

BOSTON -- Divers have discovered a World War II-era German submarine nearly 70 years after it sank under withering U.S. attack in waters off Nantucket. The U-550 was found Monday by a privately funded ...

The HMS Thistle was a British sub that sank after being hit by a German vessel in 1940. Researchers initially thought the wreck could be that of the HMS Oxley instead. A crew of Norwegian maritime ...

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, ...

A rare piece of Texas military history is now on the market—and it comes with a story as big as its walls. Listed for $1.25 million, the 4,088-square-foot home in Hitchcock, Texas, was once the U.S.