Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first “Happy Time,” followed by the second “Happy ...

In the early morning hours of July 25, 1943, a German submarine fired on the old Ethyl-Dow Chemical Plant in Kure Beach. Or maybe it didn't.

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 ...

During World War II, German U-boats threatened to cut off Britain’s supply lines across the Atlantic, sinking thousands of Allied merchant ships. To counter this threat, the Royal Air Force deployed ...

In early 1942, German submarines launched a devastating campaign just miles from US shores, sinking ships within sight of ...

The marker placement is an America 250 World War II Wilmington activity of the WWII Wilmington Home Front Heritage Coalition.

As World War II drew to a close, U.S. Navy intelligence suspected German U-boats equipped to launch V-1 rockets were preparing to hit New York City. The War Department dismissed the threat. The Navy ...