From the Civil War to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, global conflicts have inspired many dark shows, but few are as harrowing as these.

The U-853, which lies 121 feet deep and 8 miles east of Block Island, was one of many German U-boats that brought a mostly faraway war to the coastal United States.

I’ve long been intrigued at mentions of a sunken German U-boat explored by divers in Rhode Island waters. But I’d never known if that was a sign World War II naval battles happened close to ...

One of the deadliest military machines of World War II was the infamous German U-boat. While most people know a little about U-boats and are more than aware that they're submarines, one thing that ...

"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril," admitted Winston Churchill at the close of the world's most deadly conflict. Not the Blitz bombing campaign ...

Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II. See photos of the inside.

Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war.

By the war’s end in November 1918, these mysterious decoys had fought around 70 engagements, sinking no more than 11 U-boats, according to Smoke and Mirrors.

Explorers say they've found the wreckage of a British warship that was sunk by a German U-boat during World War I. Some 524 people, including the ship's captain, perished when the HMS Hawke went ...

One of Rhode Island’s preeminent World War II experts – Tim Gray, who has made 42 documentaries on the war – said he wouldn’t be surprised if German U-boats made their way into ...

COLOGNE, Germany — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war. More than 20,000 ...

On October 15, 1914, a German sub captained by U-boat ace Otto Weddigen attacked the HMS Hawke, killing 524 crew members, ...