Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tony Ditcham: one of the youngest winners of the Distinguished Service Cross Tony Ditcham, who has died aged 102, was continuously ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first “Happy Time,” followed by the second “Happy ...

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.

The development of the automotive torpedo during World War I helped submarines to become more efficient by allowing them to attack from a safe distance. During World War I, Germany’s U-boats engaged ...