Conventional U-boat submarines had been the backbone of the Kriegsmarine during the early stages of World War 2. Still, as allies developed more prominent and more powerful fleets, the outdated German ...

Key point: The Type XXI provides several lessons in how technology—while important—doesn’t alone win wars. On May 4, 1945 one of the most advanced submarines in the world crept up to a British Royal ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Too much emphasis on wonder weapons distracts from practical war efforts. On May 4, 1945 one of the most advanced submarines in the world crept up to a British Royal ...

People like to make things more complicated than they need to be, and the words we choose to describe things are just one of those many ways. For instance, consider that all bourbons are whiskey, but ...

Maritime archaeologists have identified the wrecks of two World War I-era German submarines at the bottom of the sea floor. Researchers found the wrecks in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium this ...

The Type 212CD design is a substantial evolution of the in-service Type 212A. (ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems) The German-Norwegian joint Type 212CD submarine programme has successfully completed its ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The first of four German-built diesel-electric attack submarines has arrived in Singapore, the Southeast Asian nation’s Defence Ministry announced. The Impeccable was received ...

German defense minister Boris Pistorius hopes to persuade NATO ally Canada to collaborate on a joint defense project to strengthen the North Atlantic alliance against ...