Few naval vessels have developed as enduring of a legacy as German U-Boats, but what does that name actually mean?

Rathke ordered his boat to submerge but found himself with limited room to maneuver or dive amid a deluge of depth charges. With U-352 too badly damaged to escape, Rathke saw no remaining ...

Jones was among 49 servicemen killed on the USS Eagle 56 after a German submarine lurking off the Maine coast, U-853, torpedoed the patrol boat. “It was the greatest loss of life in New England ...

On May 10th, 1945, all the German U-boats were told to surrender. The U249, which was the first German U-boat to arrive in UK waters, came into Weymouth Bay and surrendered. The commanding officer ...