Nearly 30,000 tons of munitions were dropped in and around Brest harbour in western France during the Second World War, and ...

Salvaging the U-505 German intelligence was vital during WWII, making recovery efforts for the sinking U-boat a top priority for the Navy task group. German Capt. Harald Lange, who commanded the U ...

The U-boat was not some near-mythical creature as it was almost portrayed by the Allied media, nor even was it a drone built to attack without consciousness. It was a weapon platform manned by people ...

or U-boats, sunk, scuttled, captured, or otherwise lost to German forces during World War II. Here, naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically significant U-boats.

Higgins manufactured more than 20,000 boats during his decades-long career. His landing craft were used in every major amphibious assault of World War II, from the shores of Europe to the Pacific ...

A boat sitting in a river in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward that looks like any other watercraft has been causing waves online as it may have once been part of the Imperial Japanese Navy. There is a high ...

The fate of a WW2 bomber navigator who was missing presumed ... was hit by anti-aircraft guns fired from the deck of a German U-boat in the Bay of Biscay. Mr Fisher's son, Allan, 88, has spent ...

The Compass Rose was one of about 850 boats that sailed to Dunkirk in France between 26 May and 4 June 1940 as part of Operation Dynamo. The 12m (40ft) wooden cruiser had been abandoned and sank ...

Over eight decades ago, the US Navy made the historic capture of a Nazi U-boat during World War II. A treasure trove of vital German intelligence, the submarine's capture was top-secret.