When Allied forces opened the hull of a seized German submarine, they uncovered a machine that made no sense. Strange valves, ...

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 ...

Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War" dives beneath the surface of World War II history to reveal the human stories behind Germany’s ...

Alexander Rose’s "Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II’s Most Daring Heist" is a thrilling, deeply researched account of one of the most audacious naval operations of ...

An amateur researcher’s first book details the story of a German submarine that was secretly brought into Bermuda during the Second World War. The United States Navy captured the U-boat U505 off the ...

Accidents involving toilets typically only involve personal embarrassment, and rarely are they the cause behind the sinking of a specialized hunter-killer submarine. That's precisely what happened, ...

Dan Barnett teaches philosophy at Butte College. Send review requests to [email protected]. Columns archived at ...