The study, published last week by Aston University researchers in the journal i-Perception, recreated one of the few solid ...

Britain, however, was certain the war would be won on land. To John Fisher, head of the Royal Navy, Germany’s 28 U-boats were little more than “toys” and “playthings.” But Germany itself ...

Without it, Britain’s war would be lost. An English artist, named Norman Wilkinson, had a remarkable idea to protect these ships from the U-Boat threat. During his wartime service in the Navy ...

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

‘Nazis, U-boats And The Battle For The Atlantic’, made for the BBC by Alleycats TV, starts on BBC iPlayer and BBC1 NI on ...

or U-boats, sunk, scuttled, captured, or otherwise lost to German forces during World War II. Here, naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically significant U-boats.

When Hitler told Dönitz early in the year that he was planning for a war six years in the future, Dönitz developed plans for the construction of a U-boat fleet of 300 Type VII boats. This would ...

The weapon would be the submarine, U-boats. On a desolate mud bank in the salt marshes of Kent lies the metal carcass of a First World War German U-boat. British ships were blockading German ports ...

Instead, he risks the ridicule of high command by turning to the Women’s Royal Navy Service (WRNS) to war game the U-boats’ tactics. In partnership with Jean Laidlaw, one of Britain’s first ...

Such was life aboard a Wellington bomber hunting for the elusive U-boats in the Atlantic Ocean in 1945 during World War II. John Herbert "Bert" O'Leary celebrated his 100th birthday in Melbourne ...