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 U-boat quickly realized its mistake and launched a torpedo ... To this day, Buckley holds the distinction of being the only U.S. Navy ship in World War II, and since, to ram an enemy vessel and ...

The German Submarine branch of the Kriegsmarine was one of the most fear-inducing branches of the German military apparatus ...

The secret role of Ireland in winning World War II is a story few people know—but it changed history forever[...] ...

For over thirty years after World War II, German naval commanders believed their U-boats were defeated by Allied radar and[...] ...

RAF Mosquitos were famed for speed and precision, and their low-level raids on German U-boats were among the war’s riskiest ...