CHICAGO — Head curator Dr. Voula Saridakis liked to stand by the entrance to the balcony overlooking the U-505 Submarine exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to see ...

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 ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has criticized elements of the Trump administration's new National Security Strategy. He says it has been portraying Europe in a way Berlin finds politically misplaced ...

In 1941, the German submarine U-570 was on its first patrol with an inexperienced crew when the captain made a fatal blunder, surfacing illegally near Iceland. It was spotted by a single, aging ...

The first of eight P-8A Poseidon submarine-hunting aircraft ordered for the German Navy arrived in Berlin on Nov. 7, 2025. (Linus Höller/staff) BERLIN — The first of eight P-8A Poseidon ...

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 ...

An amateur researcher’s first book details the story of a German submarine that was secretly brought into Bermuda during the Second World War. The United States Navy captured the U-boat U505 off the ...

German industrial production rebounded in July despite a further plunge in exports to the U.S., indicating the sector’s resilience in the face of tariffs. Industrial output in Europe’s largest economy ...

While the Type XXI subs sank no ships, their potential terrified Allied navies, prompting intensified anti-submarine efforts. Although they lost World War II, the Nazis were more technologically ...

Hyman Rickover was sent by the Navy to learn about the new nuclear power. He worked on both commercial and naval nuclear propulsion. Admiral Rickover served in the Navy 63 years and is the ...

Accidents involving toilets typically only involve personal embarrassment, and rarely are they the cause behind the sinking of a specialized hunter-killer submarine. That's precisely what happened, ...

0705 GMT – German 30-year Bund yields continue to rise, extending Monday’s move and hitting their highest level since 2011, LSEG data show. The 30-year Bund yield reaches a high of 3.3840%. Yields ...