For most of World War 2, Germany had enjoyed having the largest and most advanced fleet of submarines at its disposal. The ...

The Type seven and Type nine were the striking force of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic - a German attempt to cut off the British Isles and force the Allies to surrender. In the ...

How the hunters were hunted down; U-boats: When the figures are re-examined, it turns out that the feared German submarines of World War II failed in their mission to hold back the Allied tide.

Incredible pictures showing the capture of a famous German U-boat during World War II will go on auction in the U.K. this weekend.

Author Tane Casserly provided a history of the Battle of the Atlantic and the appearance of German U-Boats off America's Mid-Atlantic coast. This was a virtual event hosted by the National World ...

The U.S. Navy sunk many German U-boat submarines in World War II. But then they captured one, right before the D-Day invasion.

Little-remembered U-boats were some of the deadliest weapons of World War II, sinking 400 ships along the East Coast of the United States.

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 ...

Tankers downed by German U-Boats in World War II threaten to leak fuel into US waters.

For those fighting the longest naval campaign of World War II, weather and German U-boats were constant threats.

Off the North Carolina shore, recreational divers have explored three German U-boats submerged since World War II ended. Now, archaeologists are getting involved to preserve them.