Peter Leith (L) made the journey from Orkney to Shetland on U-Boat as ... took to sea in a German U-boat as a young sea cadet in a once-in-a-lifetime journey. When Germany surrendered its U ...
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.
Since the scuttling of the U-boat fleet in Operation Deadlight by the Royal Navy at the conclusion of World War II, the world has paid little attention to German submarines. Now, with the ...
In many areas of Europe, it's hard to escape the visual reminders of World War II's devastating impact ... re-discovery — of ...
Almost 80 years have passed since the end of the Second World War, and there is still fascination about German U-boats that ...
The fate of a WW2 bomber navigator ... evidence in a German submarine captain's log book that the bomber was hit by anti-aircraft guns fired from the deck of a German U-boat in the Bay of Biscay.
As one of the World War I allies, Japan received seven of the surrendered U-boats ... band welcomes a Type VIIC U-boat, the mainstay of the German World War II submarine fleet, returning from ...
These Zeiss binoculars were acquired by the current owner’s father, who was a submarine commanding officer during World War II. On May 10th, 1945, all the German U-boats were told to surrender.
On October 23, 1941, US Navy destroyer USS Reuben James left Newfoundland to escort a convoy bound for Britain. Two days later, the German U-boat U-552 ... the enemy in World War II.
Schneikert, a private first class with the U.S. Army's 44th ... guard duty to accept the surrender of a group of German scientists in the waning days of World War II. In May 1945, with Adolph ...