The tanker Dixie Arrow was among the ships targeted by German U-boats off North Carolina in WWII. It was hit by a U-boat ...
During World War II, the German Navy, also known as the Kriegsmarine, constructed and deployed 1,162 submarines to fight in the conflict. Most of these subs, which are referred to as U-boats, were ...
In 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed the British liner Laconia — only to discover it carried Allied prisoners of war. In an extraordinary act, the submarine surfaced and began rescue operations. What ...