naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically significant U-boats. Click on the map labels and plunge into the fascinating and often tragic histories of some of Germany's ...

Germany completed its first U-boat (the U-1) in 1905 and was the first nation to use a submarine during World War I. By comparison, the U.S. Navy commissioned its first sub (the U.S.S. Holland ...

Britain, however, was certain the war would be won on land. To John Fisher, head of the Royal Navy, Germany’s 28 U-boats were little more than “toys” and “playthings.” But Germany itself felt ...

On May 10th, 1945, all the German U-boats were told to surrender. The U249, which was the first German U-boat to arrive in UK waters, came into Weymouth Bay and surrendered. The commanding officer ...

Germany concentrated more and more effort in its U-boat fleets as the final weapon to defeat Great Britain.” If Taylor’s team could confirm the old story that the two vessels wiped each other ...