Binoculars, plates emblazoned with swastikas among finds. Nov. 23, 2013— -- Researchers have apparently discovered the remains of a World War II-era German U-boat and the skeletons of its crew ...

The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.

Yet during World War II, the crew of a brand-new destroyer escort ... but built to protect Allied convoys from the ever-present menace of German U-boats. Named after Aviation Ordnanceman John D.

The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first “Happy Time,” followed by the second “Happy Time,” and then utter destruction by the Allies. In reality, the ...

It was the ""Second Happy Time"" or more ominously the ""American Shooting Season""... At the beginning of 1942 during World War II, the German Navy ushered in a new phase of the Battle of the ...

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 ...

Now they are in a race against time to learn the secrets hidden. U-boats stranded on the south coast of England after the surrender of Germany in the First World War are surrounded by onlookers on ...