The Type seven and Type nine were the striking force of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic - a German attempt to cut off the British Isles and force the Allies to surrender. In the ...

Divers recently discovered the wreck of a German submarine and ... that could be fatal to a U-boat, stopping her from submerging anymore.” During World War I, more than 200 Q-ships—and perhaps ...

More than 100 soldiers were killed when a German submarine U-861 sank Brazil’s ‘Vital ... Brazilian military ship to be sunk during World War II. Its role in the war was mainly in transporting ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL––According to a CNN report, the Brazilian Navy confirmed the location of the shipwreck of Vital de ...

A recognizable face to those who love daytime soaps, Genie Francis is known as "Laura" to her doting fans of General Hospital ...

In that same vein, all U-boats are ... the feared German sub. Germany completed its first U-boat (the U-1) in 1905 and was the first nation to use a submarine during World War I.

The Brazilian Navy has confirmed that a wreck found in 2011 is that of a Brazilian auxiliary ship sunk in 1944 by a torpedo from the German U-boat U ... enemy during World War II.

Brazil was the only South American country to send troops overseas in World War II. Throughout the Battle of the Atlantic, German U-boats patrolled Brazil’s coast, sinking some 34 vessels and ...

A day after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, New Orleans-based shipbuilder Andrew Higgins filed an idea with the US Patent ... Higgins and the Boats that Won World War II," details Higgins ...