People like to make things more complicated than they need to be, and the words we choose to describe things are just one of those many ways. For instance, consider that all bourbons are whiskey, but ...

International team of explorers locates WWII German U-Boat lost with all hands 85 years ago. Initial scans reveal that ...

German U-boats nearly strangled Allied supply lines during the war. This video explains how codebreakers exposed their ...

In 1942, German U-boats brought the war directly to America’s coastline. Operation Drumbeat exposed how vulnerable U.S.

The development of the automotive torpedo during World War I helped submarines to become more efficient by allowing them to attack from a safe distance. During World War I, Germany’s U-boats engaged ...

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. See inside ...

During World War II, German U-boats dealt significant damage to Allied shipping. The submarines used stealth and strategic tactics, augmented by intelligence gathered on merchant vessels, to inflict ...

During a recent exploration off the coast of Shetland in Scotland, divers discovered a German U-boat from World War One. The term "U-boat" is derived from the German word "unterseeboot," meaning ...

A life raft carrying survivors from German submarine U-546 in the midst of a group of U.S. Navy destroyer escorts. (Wikimedia Commons) As World War II drew to a close, U.S. Navy intelligence suspected ...