On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...
U-32, commanded by U-boat ace Hans Jenisch, was one of the most feared predators in the Atlantic, sinking 17 ships, including ...
What followed stunned the world, shattered Royal Navy confidence, and marked the dawn of submarine warfare as a serious threat... Every video on House of History is hand-animated from scratch.
In an era of hypersonic missiles, stealth fighters, and nuclear subs, it’s hard to picture sailors going toe-to-toe with the enemy on a ship’s deck. Yet during World War II, the crew of a brand-new ...
The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...
The British ocean liner was torpedoed by the Germans during World War I, killing over one thousand people and changing the tide of war. But controversy still surrounds the disaster as some questions ...