The Navy suspected sabotage. German U-boats had sunk 120 American merchant ships in the first three months after Pearl Harbor ...

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Allied intelligence uncovered a German plan to extract captured U boat commanders from a Canadian POW camp. Instead of ...

There are thinkers throughout history who offer grand overarching explanations of economic growth. Karl Marx was an economic ...

Life aboard a German U-boat in World War II was brutal, claustrophobic, and deadly. Follow Hans Fischer, a young mechanic ...

Five years after its release, a modern WW2 naval film is surging again, as Tom Hanks' Greyhound remains a fan favorite on ...

Dec ‌23 (Reuters) - ​German import ‌prices fell ​less ‍than expected ​by ​1.9% year ⁠on year in November, ‌the statistics office ​said ‌on ‍Tuesday. Analysts polled by ⁠Reuters had predicted a ​2.2% ...

This Remembrance Day, take time to honour a special Hampshire civilian who lost his life at the hands of the Germans ...

The attack on Wednesday brings the total number killed to at least 99 since the Trump administration began bombing boats suspected of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. By Adam ...

On December 15, U.S. military forces struck three small boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing eight people in what officials described as a counter-drug operation conducted in international ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny over the boat strikes is ...

The attacks brought the number killed since the Trump administration began the strikes on suspected drug smugglers to at least 95. By Nathan Willis Reporting from Washington The U.S. military struck ...