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.

Resident input is being sought on a proposed monument to a World War II U.S. Navy destroyer that sank off the coast of Cape May. Initial feedback about the design was positive, but residents at a ...

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 German sub U-166 was among a fleet of 23 sent to the Atlantic Ocean in the spring of 1942 on a mission called Operation Drumbeat, the Nazi code name for submarine attacks on Allied shipping ...

A significant moment in world history will be commemorated in Derry with a special event on May 17 to mark the anniversary of the day German U-boats surrendered.

The Germans primarily painted spirals on the nosecones of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, two of the best German fighter planes of WW2.The spirals worked well to promote safety.

Despite the crew’s vigilance, they did not detect U-578, a German submarine that had already seen action against the Soviets off Norway. This was the boat that destroyed The Resnor, and would ...

Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty Images . Termote is a compact, broad-chested man, ... a German U-boat sank the liner Lusitania in the Irish Sea, and 128 Americans died.

Later he was told it was U-89. "That was my best effort in the war," he said. Almost 80 years since the end of WW2, Mr Barnes, who moved to Guernsey in the 1960s, reflected on his role.

Later he was told it was U-89. "That was my best effort in the war," he said. Almost 80 years since the end of WW2, Mr Barnes, who moved to Guernsey in the 1960s, reflected on his role.

Despite extensive tunnel digging and coordination, when U-536 arrived at Pointe de Maisonnette to extract the escapees, it was intercepted - not by allies, but by waiting Canadian forces. Dark Seas ...

In September 1942, the RMS Laconia was torpedoed by German U-boat U-156 off the coast of West Africa, with around 2,200 people on board. Upon discovering that over a thousand Italian POWs were ...