The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first “Happy Time,” followed by the second “Happy Time,” and then utter destruction by the Allies. In reality, the ...

after ramming and sinking German U-boat, U-66, on May 6, 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (Navy History) The destroyer escort smashed into the ...

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 ...

Binoculars, plates emblazoned with swastikas among finds. Nov. 23, 2013— -- Researchers have apparently discovered the remains of a World War II-era German U-boat and the skeletons of its crew ...

The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.