He said: “Even at the time, the disaster nationally was yet another tragedy of WWI, which was buried in the terrible things ...

What technologies came about thanks to the Great War? Learn all about the massive technological leaps forward from the First World War.

The sinking of the IRIS Dena by an American submarine in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of Sri Lanka marks the first time the US sunk a ship with a torpedo after World War Two. What are torpedoes, ...

Although not well known outside the West Virginia valley through which it flows, the Kanawha River has been the inspiration ...

California Lutheran University hosted a presentation and discussion on the impact of the Norwegian merchant fleet on World ...

In September 1914, a single German U-boat ventured into the North Sea. Lieutenant Otto Weddigen’s U-9 slipped past patrols and found itself within range of a British cruiser squadron. What followed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Publication of an intercepted cable exposed a clumsy German effort to forge an alliance with Mexico and helped propel the United States into the Great War.

The attacks since early November had specifically targeted suspected drug smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean. By Carol Rosenberg A U.S. military strike killed three people and blew up a boat in the ...

Without any formal change in statute or treaty language, German tax authorities have begun challenging the availability of withholding tax relief on cross-border payments from German subsidiaries to ...