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(NEWSER) – Just 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina, two World War II wrecks lie underwater—one a member of a 24-ship American convoy, and one a German U-boat. US-led researchers recently ...

Allied intelligence uncovered a German plan to extract captured U boat commanders from a Canadian POW camp. Instead of ...

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 ...

During World War Two, the US Navy deployed an unlikely weapon against lethal U-boats: slow, non-rigid blimps. Despite looking harmless, these K-class airships were armed with depth charges and ...

In World War I, writes Chicoan and naval historian David Bruhn, “German U-boats sank over 5,200 vessels and came dangerously close to choking off Britain’s critical supply of food in the spring of ...

This imposing concrete structure in the German city of Bremen is 1400 feet long, 300 feet wide and 90 feet high, and looks every inch the secret Nazi facility that it is. Its purpose was to build and ...

Growing up surrounded by World War II veterans, most of whom refused to discuss their service fighting the horrid fascist enemies, as kids we turned to the movies to learn about war. The WWII Vets I ...

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 ...

Although they lost World War II, the Nazis were more technologically advanced than their Allied rivals in multiple ways. Berlin’s problem was scale—and trying to do too much with too few resources.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A British submarine on a mission to deliver supplies to Norwegian resistance fighters spots an unsuspecting enemy submarine in 1944. It's simply ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) – A ceremony was held at the USS Slater to commemorate Veterans Day. The USS Slater was one of 563 ships that battled Nazi U-boats during World War II. It is the last of the ships ...