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 ...
Eighty years after the end of World War II, books by Hastings, Moorhouse, Clavin, and Passmore shed new light on the conflict.
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared that the U.S. national security strategy reinforces Europe’s need for ...
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea because they were on an internal list of ...
The boat at the center of the “double-tap” controversy that allegedly saw the United States Navy kill two survivors with a second strike, after first destroying their vessel with an initial hit, ...