Operation Kiebitz was a German plan to free Otto Kretschmer and other important naval prisoners from a POW camp in Ontario ...

Few naval vessels have developed as enduring of a legacy as German U-Boats, but what does that name actually mean?

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 ...

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Wick Heritage Museum is now the home for a memorial to 190 sailors who lost their lives in a German U-boat attack off ...

One of the most disputed moments of North Carolina history centers on whether a Nazi U-boat attacked a chemical plant near Kure Beach during World War II. Witnesses swore it happened on the night of ...

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 ...