"The Auschwitz Experience in the Art of Prisoners" panel exhibit is scheduled to be on display at Eastern Illinois University ...

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 ...

Eight days into his first boat command, Karl-Adolf Schlitt made a toilet mistake that would get the whole crew captured or ...

In early 1942, the United States launched a secret naval experiment to stop German submarines. At the center of that gamble ...

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 ...

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 ...

German Navy Special Operations Forces Command counts rigid-hulled inflatable boats as part of its toolset. (Bundeswehr/Björn Wilke) The German parliament's (Bundestag's) budget committee approved the ...

Life aboard a World War II German U‑Boat was a relentless test of endurance—far from the glory of high seas adventure. In this video, we delve into the claustrophobic conditions, psychological strain, ...

COLOGNE, Germany — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused Wednesday in Cologne after the German city’s biggest evacuation since the end of the war. More than 20,000 residents were ...

Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war. The bombs were unearthed on Monday during ...

This wasn’t the news the German TV industry was expecting at the start of the week. The largest evacuation since World War II has been taking place in Cologne, as authorities sought to defuse three ...