CHICAGO — Head curator Dr. Voula Saridakis liked to stand by the entrance to the balcony overlooking the U-505 Submarine exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to see ...

While growing up on his father's farm near the Cole County community of Millbrook, Paul Joseph Kirchner likely heard neighbors and relatives discussing news of the Great War in Europe, which many ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz shake hands during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on June 5, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) ...

In September 1914, a single German U-boat ventured into the North Sea. Lieutenant Otto Weddigen’s U-9 slipped past patrols and found itself within range of a British cruiser squadron. What followed ...

Mark Esper weighs in on the Trump administration’s continued military strikes against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers. Photo: Ivan Apfel for WSJ France denounced the U.S. military strikes on ...

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In World War I, writes Chicoan and naval historian David Bruhn, “German U-boats sank over 5,200 vessels and came dangerously close to choking off Britain’s critical supply of food in the spring of ...

In an era of hypersonic missiles, stealth fighters, and nuclear subs, it’s hard to picture sailors going toe-to-toe with the enemy on a ship’s deck. Yet during World War II, the crew of a brand-new ...

During World War I, suspicions fell on German-language newspapers like the Cincinnati Volksblatt that were pro-Germany. After the U.S. joined the Allies in the war, the government passed the Trading ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...

China unseated the U.S. as Germany’s top trading partner, according to data from the first eight months of the year. ”There is no question that U.S. tariff and trade policy is an important reason for ...

The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first “Happy Time,” followed by the second “Happy Time,” and then utter destruction by the Allies. In reality, the ...