Led by “eager and aggressive” young lieutenants, U-boat crews operated under the German tradition of Auftragstaktik, “which allowed for great flexibility in accomplishing a mission ...

The U249, which was the first German U-boat to arrive in UK waters, came into Weymouth Bay and surrendered. The commanding officer went on-board with his crew and took command. The first things ...

What you call them depends on where they're made. A U-boat is nothing more than the Anglicized term for a German submarine and isn't strikingly different from U.S. subs. The whole "boat ...

The Treaty of Versailles blocked the German Navy from having submarines and limited the number of officers to 1,500. One of those officers was U-boat skipper Karl Dönitz. He was assigned as ...