The U-505 submarine served 12 patrols and sank eight enemy boats before the US Navy captured it. The U-boat is now on display at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. Visitors can walk ...

During the Battle of the Atlantic, the hunters of German U-boats often became the hunted themselves. This video explores the ...

Alexander Rose’s "Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II’s Most Daring Heist" is a thrilling, deeply researched account of one of the most audacious naval operations of ...

A local group will redesign a proposal memorializing the sinking of a Navy destroyer in 1942. Some neighbors balked at being ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, we asked historians to share their favorite museums around the world.

After the war, historians and scientists debated how close Nazi Germany truly came to building an atomic bomb. While some accounts suggest possible nuclear tests, most evidence shows the German ...