The tanker Dixie Arrow was among the ships targeted by German U-boats off North Carolina in WWII. It was hit by a U-boat ...
In 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed the British liner Laconia — only to discover it carried Allied prisoners of war. In an extraordinary act, the submarine surfaced and began rescue operations. What ...
Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was flying Red Cross flags and even radioed for help in English. American ...
Life aboard a German U-boat in World War II was brutal, claustrophobic, and deadly. Follow Hans Fischer, a young mechanic turned U-boat crewman, as he endures stifling heat, toxic diesel fumes, no ...
During World War II, the German Navy, also known as the Kriegsmarine, constructed and deployed 1,162 submarines to fight in the conflict. Most of these subs, which are referred to as U-boats, were ...
The Belgian troopship SS Léopoldville had just slipped beneath the English Channel after being hit by a torpedo. Gerald Howard went down with the ship. The 23-year-old rifleman nearly drowned under ...