During the initial stages of the war, there was some talk among Kriegsmarine admirals to send a flotilla of U-boats to the ...

"The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to perform conduct that is ...

The Battle of the Atlantic, the prolonged and relentless struggle that for six years tilted the fate of the global conflict in the frigid ocean waters, could have developed in a radically different wa ...

Karl Doenitz, an admiral who became the German head of state briefly after the war, had been a U-boat ace during World War I and was in charge of creating designs and tactics that could help Germany ...

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 ...

Alexander Rose’s "Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II’s Most Daring Heist" is a thrilling, deeply researched account of one of the most audacious naval operations of ...

Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the Coast Guard cutter Icarus, shown here, sank a German U-boat off the North Carolina coast during WWII. (U.S. Coast Guard) After the Japanese aircraft ...