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

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 ...

Several American sailors climbed aboard the German submarine U-505, focused on saving it from sinking into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. They did not know if the Nazi submariners who dove ...

Oil companies scouting a route for a pipeline on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico have found a World War II German submarine, lost for nearly 60 years. BP and Shell said today that they have ...

A German U-boat that sank off the British coast during World War II has been captured on camera in remarkable images. The pictures were taken by diving contractor Dive Newquay, which took a group of ...

Fifteen years ago, retired naval aviator and World War II veteran John Bradley told me, “I’m afraid to slow down for fear the engine might quit.” Last month, John celebrated his 100th birthday. He ...

Ernest Hemingway, hunting German subs in World War II, may never have seen one, but he thought he did. He headed straight for the target in his wooden fishing boat with its crew of friends, knowing ...

In the dark days of World War II, the secretive staff at a large building on Nebraska Avenue NW in Washington kept a scoreboard of its success. Each time a German U-boat was sunk by the U.S. Navy, ...

Researchers discovered the wreck of a World War II-era submarine off the coast of Norway this year. The HMS Thistle was a British sub that sank after being hit by a German vessel in 1940. Researchers ...