The 18 months between July 1940 and December 1941 were known, to the German submarine force, as the "happy time." Fleet headquarters in Germany directed U-boat operations by long-range radio.

This is a u-boat officers dress dirk (dagger) from WW2 made by Eichorn with original silver and leather hanger. The German submarine caused havoc with alied shipping for the greater part of the ...

Divers recently discovered the wreck of a German submarine and the Royal Navy Q-ship ... “Everything depended upon concealment.” “U-boat commanders were no longer restricted by ‘prize ...

The crew of the submarine U-1206 were forced to abandon the vessel after its high tech toilet malfunctioned; its wreckage ...

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 ...

Researchers from the “Eslabón Perdido” (Missing Link) team have come across a German Reichsmarine submarine off the coast of Necochea in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires near Arenas ...

Before I kick off this week's effort I'd just like to say thanks to those who got in touch re last week's TRM.

The U-boats' 15-knot surface speed was almost twice that of an average convoy and equal to that of most anti-submarine escorts. A German band welcomes a Type VIIC U-boat, the mainstay of the ...