The American destroyer was steaming alone in the Atlantic, 25 miles from Bishop Rock, off the southwest coast of Britain, unaware that it was being stalked by a U-boat, an enemy submarine.

Near the end of WWI Germany, was still putting new submarines into the Atlantic. A U-boat called the SM UC-97 was ...

"Further investigation of historical sources - when access becomes available as lockdown eases - combined with this detailed imagery of the wreck, might enable us to ascertain if she was indeed ...

During WWII, Germany built 1,162 destructive "U-boats," which is short for the German word "Unterseeboot," or undersea boat. By April 1917, 430 Allied and civilian vessels were sunk by German U-boats.

While the U.S. could have accomplished this with any number of dummy boats and rafts, that's not how things turned out.

The sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania by a German U-boat helped to shatter that hope. Woodrow Wilson, 1918. Courtesy: Library of Congress Wilson demanded an apology from Germany and ...

Atmospheric WWI spy tale. A German U-Boat captain sent on a spying mission to Scotland finds more than he bargained for in his contact, the local schoolmistress.

When adjusted to 2024 dollars, the U.S. spent $5.74 trillion on WWII alone. That's more than WWI, Vietnam, Korean, or the post-9/11 Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The United States spends more on the ...

Learn about America’s involvement in World War One, including its key battles and how US participation helped to secure an Allied victory.

Veterans Day will arrive on Monday, Nov. 11. This occasion means a day off from school, a federal bank holiday, with no mail ...

As the U.S. military recruited young men for service, civilians were called upon to do their part by buying War bonds, donating to charity, or, if they worked in industry, going that extra mile for ...

A time capsule from 1924 was unveiled at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas ... Other artifacts found were various photos, the U.S. Constitution, site documents and a Bible.