In the early morning hours of July 25, 1943, a German submarine fired on the old Ethyl-Dow Chemical Plant in Kure Beach. Or maybe it didn't.

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 ...

While attending the private Harry Hillman Academy and City High School in Wilkes-Barre during the 1890s, Harold R. Stark was among the best male dancers among his classmates. The Sunday News ...

During World War II, German U-boats threatened to cut off Britain’s supply lines across the Atlantic, sinking thousands of Allied merchant ships. To counter this threat, the Royal Air Force deployed ...

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 ...

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

World War II was decided by more than strategy and manpower. The weapons each side brought to the battlefield often ...

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

World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...

Cuba said its military killed four Cubans from the United States who were on a boat that entered its territorial waters Wednesday, which the Interior Ministry called a "foiled armed infiltration." The ...

The U.S. military blew up another alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean on Monday, killing three “narco-terrorists” in the operation, it said. The vessel was operated by a designated terrorist ...

On Feb. 21, Sten Gould turns 100 years old. His wartime journals have preserved the voice of a soldier who copied Nazi morse code transmissions, walked through Hitler's bombed-out home and came home ...