The German Submarine branch of the Kriegsmarine was one of the most fear-inducing branches of the German military apparatus during the Second World War. It wasn’t always that way though. As a matter ...

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 ...

In June 1944, the United States Navy did something it had not attempted since the War of 1812. American sailors boarded and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was flying Red Cross flags and even radioed for help in English. American ...

As World War II drew to a close, U.S. Navy intelligence suspected German U-boats equipped to launch V-1 rockets were preparing to hit New York City. The War Department dismissed the threat. The 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 ...