The HISTORY Channel will premiere the new nonfiction series Lost U-Boats of WWII this week, following treasure hunter Darrell Miklos and his team as they depart the coastal Dominican Republic armed ...

The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.

Far away from the action of WW2 Europe, strange things were happening. Off the coast of the Portuguese state of Goa in India, German U-boats had been massacring Allied convoys with impossible accuracy ...

Over eight decades ago, the US Navy made the historic capture of a Nazi U-boat during World War II. A treasure trove of vital German intelligence, the submarine's capture was top-secret. See inside ...

ONE historian has discovered a forgotten episode of Scotland's World War II history and uncovered a remarkable Highland secret. A HISTORIAN has shed new light on how the pride of the German navy gave ...

A German submarine torpedoed the S.S. Pennsylvania Sun on July 15, 1942, destroying 107,500 barrels of U.S. Navy fuel oil. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Early on June 29, 1942, the 8,032-ton ...

Binoculars, plates emblazoned with swastikas among finds. Nov. 23, 2013— -- Researchers have apparently discovered the remains of a World War II-era German U-boat and the skeletons of its crew ...

During the second world war, the Nazis looted everything they could get their hands on, including an estimated 600 tons of gold, thousands of pieces of artwork, and millions of priceless artifacts.

A new book explains how Lucky Luciano and other mobsters helped secure New York's ports during World War II. Getty Images In the dark hours of June 13, 1942, a German U-boat surfaced off the coast of ...

U-boats stalked the coast. Balloon bombs were set off to start wildfires. These assaults on the U.S. mainland caused destruction and panic—when they weren’t covered up. The S.S. Pennsylvania Sun was ...

Residents of Lewes were stunned. After a century of peace, war was again on their doorsteps. The Wilmington Evening Journal reported on June 4, 1918, “Never since the time the British fired upon Lewes ...

A famed Japanese destroyer sunk by U.S. torpedoes during a pivotal battle in World War II has been discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean more than 80 years after it sank, an exploration team ...