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 post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first “Happy Time,” followed by the second “Happy Time,” and then utter destruction by the Allies. In reality, the ...

May 7th, 1915. The RMS Lusitania sliced through calm Atlantic waters, unaware that German U-boat U-20 was waiting. When a torpedo hit her hull, a second, mysterious explosion followed, far too ...

Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was flying Red Cross flags and even radioed for help in English. American ...