Submarines came to the forefront of military navies with the advent of WWI, as Germany's dangerous U-boats proved a ...

A U-boat is nothing more than the Anglicized term for a German submarine and isn't strikingly different from U.S. subs. The ...

After implementing a naval blockade of Germany and Austria-Hungary in August 1914, as the war dragged on the British Admiralty added more and more products to the list of items considered “war ...

UC-97 became probably the only German submarine sunk within the continental United States. One of five U-boats turned over to the U.S. Navy for post-war study, she toured the Great Lakes as part ...

The food aboard a German U-boat could get really monotonous, especially after the first ten days or so, when all of the best and freshest ingredients would have gone bad. This simple soup uses ...

U-boats were very vulnerable ... did its awesome threat actually save lives? WW1: Why was the first German defeat in Africa? documentWW1: Why was the first German defeat in Africa?

The sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania by a German U-boat helped to shatter that hope. Woodrow Wilson, 1918. Courtesy: Library of Congress Wilson demanded an apology from Germany and ...

British ships were blockading German ports, but the U-boat was a new and terrifying way ... Kitchener's iconic recruitment PR campaign of WW1. Crushing defeat in the first battle of WW1.