The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...

Eminent scholar Roger Moorhouse recently spoke to Military Times to discuss his book, “Wolfpack: Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War," ...

The German Submarine branch of the Kriegsmarine was one of the most fear-inducing branches of the German military apparatus ...

Submarines were key for Allied and Axis forces throughout World War II. At the war's onset, Germany's fleet of U-boat submarines created a distinct advantage for the Nazi's Kriegsmarine.According to ...

Accidents involving toilets typically only involve personal embarrassment, and rarely are they the cause behind the sinking of a specialized hunter-killer submarine. That's precisely what happened, ...

A rare piece of Texas military history is now on the market—and it comes with a story as big as its walls. Listed for $1.25 million, the 4,088-square-foot home in Hitchcock, Texas, was once the U.S.

The HMS Thistle was a British sub that sank after being hit by a German vessel in 1940. Researchers initially thought the wreck could be that of the HMS Oxley instead. A crew of Norwegian maritime ...

The German officer managing the hydrophones has just alerted me to the sound of a ship's engine in sector AN493, traveling at medium speed with a bearing of 23 degrees (that's northeast for ...