That illusion was shattered on November 13, 1941, when young U-boat commander Friedrich Guggenberger identified and targeted her off the Spanish coast. A single torpedo delivered a devastating ...

When German U-boat Commander Walther Schwieger ordered a torpedo strike on the Lusitania, he didn't know it would be the shot that eventually led the U.S. into WWI. But it wasn't a mistake ...

A 103-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant commander has been sharing stories with Guernsey's Lieutenant Governor of his service during the World War Two. Lt Gen Richard Cripwell recorded the interview with ...

or U-boats, sunk, scuttled, captured, or otherwise lost to German forces during World War II. Here, naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically significant U-boats.

Wilkinson never expected for his camouflage to hide a ship, but to confuse a U-boat commander before he’d even fired his torpedoes. When the periscope broke through the surface of the water ...

In 1940, German U-boat commander Otto Kretschmer's submarine was under siege for hours and his crew grew tremendously stressed. In order to preserve oxygen, they had to find ways to stay calm.