The building known ... at the outbreak of WW2, but supplied minerals, volunteer soldiers and, in places such as the Canary Islands, logistical support to Nazi forces. The "U-boat peril", as ...

A typical WWII U.S. submarine, the "thick skin" Hammerhead ... a German Naval Staff study noted the 'accomplishments' of the U-boats, but called for the building of more battleships, taking ...

The fighting in the Pacific during World War II provides lessons for a new ... resources needed and the years it takes to build modern nuclear submarines. This reality makes recovering heavily damaged ...

In many areas of Europe, it's hard to escape the visual reminders of World War II's devastating impact ... re-discovery — of ...

Midget submarines have been employed by other military powers throughout history, but the U.S. only had one briefly alongside ...

If you like crafty projects and tinkering with mechanical parts, building models kits is probably one of your hobbies. It’s ...

This married couple loves to explore shipwrecks, and on this day they're heading to a location that attracts divers from ...

30-caliber machine guns, and room for some 36 infantrymen, "Higgins Boats" proved instrumental ... was relatively new to building military hardware when World War II began, but he had a long ...

This West German movie is an adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim's novel of the same name, which draws heavily from his own experiences aboard a U-boat during World War II. The film chronicles ...

The story is set in 1943 where Rudolf Hoss, the commandant of Auschwitz and his wife Hedwig decide to build their dream life ...

The Europeans settled the United States via waterborne transportation. Settlements, and then cities, first arose where there ...

When the Dow Jones was officially incepted on May 26, 1896, it was comprised of a dozen companies, most of which were tied to ...