U-869, the submarine profiled in the NOVA program "Hitler's Lost Sub," was just one of the more than 1,100 Unterseeboote, or U-boats, sunk, scuttled, captured, or otherwise lost to German forces ...

The 18 months between July 1940 and December 1941 were known, to the German submarine force, as the "happy time." Fleet headquarters in Germany directed U-boat operations by long-range radio.

Midget submarines have been employed by other military powers throughout history, but the U.S. only had one briefly alongside ...

These Zeiss binoculars were acquired by the current owner’s father, who was a submarine commanding officer during World War II. On May 10th, 1945, all the German U-boats were told to surrender.

a seaman on the U-boat, the UC-18, when it was torpedoed near Guernsey. Seaman Hans Arthur Kuffner, 26, was one of the oldest members of the submarine's crew. His great grand nephew, Andreas ...

This is when he was offered the opportunity to travel from Orkney to Shetland on a submarine. The Orcadian newspaper, dated 23 August 1945, reported that 3,500 people visited the U-boat and ...

The Thresher, an advanced nuclear-powered submarine ... In the U.S. Navy, submariners had a shocking 20 percent casualty rate. The German U-boat casualty rate was even higher at 75 percent.

A bipartisan group of senators wants more details from the Navy and the White House Office of Management and Budget on a ...

In a construction mishap reminiscent of past U.S. incidents, the lead vessel of China’s new nuclear-powered attack submarine class ... had been working on the boat on two different assignments ...

Deep-sea diving experts working for the British Royal Navy recently helped submarine historians solve a century-old U-boat mystery, drawing on their past military experience and teamwork to do so.

WASHINGTON--China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday, a potential embarrassment for Beijing as it seeks to expand its ...