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 ...

After World War I, German submarine U-118 was being towed toward France when a storm broke the lines and drove it onto the beach at Hastings. Thousands of visitors gathered around the stranded vessel, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...