In May 1945, U-977 was close enough to surrender quickly after Germany’s defeat, but her commander chose a different path.
U-boats are naval submarines operated by Germany, especially during World War I and World War II. The term is an[...] ...
After the Treaty of Versailles banned Germany from developing submarines, the German Navy quietly found a way around it. Behind a front company in the Netherlands, German engineers continued designing ...
In World War I, writes Chicoan and naval historian David Bruhn, “German U-boats sank over 5,200 vessels and came dangerously close to choking off Britain’s critical supply of food in the spring of ...
An amateur researcher’s first book details the story of a German submarine that was secretly brought into Bermuda during the Second World War. The United States Navy captured the U-boat U505 off the ...
CHICAGO — Head curator Dr. Voula Saridakis liked to stand by the entrance to the balcony overlooking the U-505 Submarine exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to see ...