A German band welcomes a Type VIIC U-boat, the mainstay of the German World War II submarine fleet, returning from a war patrol. As in World War I, Germany developed several classes of U-boat.

World War II saw the emergence of some groundbreaking jet fighters that revolutionized aerial warfare. The Messerschmitt Me ...

The HMS “Trooper” likely sank after hitting an underwater German ... World War II mystery. Now, however, shipwreck hunters think they’ve discovered what happened to the submarine—and ...

Robert W. Boynton, 19, a West Aurora High School graduate, was murdered after his plane was shot down in Germany in 1944.

The British HMS Trooper submarine was lost in 1943 with 64 men on board. A Greek-based underwater recovery team located the ...

U-869, the submarine profiled in the NOVA program ... or otherwise lost to German forces during World War II. Here, naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically ...

Professor Sönke Neitzel used secret transcripts of German prisoners of war to create a unique portrait of the mindset of soldiers during WWII. For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a ...

What you might not be aware of is that there were a fair few who were captured during the action and held as prisoners of war ...

Antis the hero Alsation flew in over 30 World War II combat missions alongside his airman master and now his rare bravery ...

Unsinkable Sam was no ordinary cat; he became a wartime legend known for surviving the sinking of not one but three naval ...

The wreck of a German submarine that sank during World War One has been found in the North Sea and officials believe 23 bodies may be inside it. The type UB-II submarine is said to be in good ...

Bill Whitaker reports on the bombing of the Cap Arcona, a little-known human tragedy in the closing days of World War II. Once a luxurious German ocean liner, the Cap Arcona was commandeered by ...