The first naval battle of World War II unfolded not in Europe, but off the coasts of Argentina and Uruguay in the South Atlantic Ocean. With Germany lacking major warships at the war’s outset, the ...

Within months of the Cuban Missile Crisis, weapons designers at Los Alamos National Laboratory began engineering what would ...

WWII German helmet decals aren’t just paint—they’re pieces of history. In this video, we explore the different types, meanings, and placement of decals used on German helmets, including Wehrmacht, SS, ...

Maria is enlightening Liesl von Trapp (Charmian Carr) about love and is interrupted by Georg, who is ordered to report to a German naval base to accept a commission in Nazi Germany's navy at that time ...

While U-Boats were a cause of concern for Allied forces crossing the waters of the Atlantic, by far the most famous ship in the Kriegsmarine was the Battleship Bismarck. So famous was it ...

Although not seen in decades, this trick will be quickly appreciated by naval historians. During World War Two the Kriegsmarine applied a similar camouflage to the battleship K.M.S. Bismarck. This ...

The John Mahn was a German fishing trawler when it launched in 1927, but after World War II broke out in 1939 it was requisitioned by the German navy — called the "Kriegsmarine" under the Nazis ...

The low-water levels are particularly apparent in Serbia, where the remains of the Kriegsmarine‘s Black Sea Fleet have risen from the river’s depths. According to reports, the over 20 ships are ...

If not, the carrier fleet’s outlook darkens. Taxpayers and their elected representatives have priorities, winning foremost among them. Justifying carriers’ expense is tough if other implements ...

The two ships were the largest and most powerful warships Germany had ever built and represented the pride of the Kriegsmarine. They were also the German surface fleet's biggest threat to Allied ...

It plunged many of the men into despair and meant they performed their jobs poorly. In the absence of readily available Kriegsmarine battleships or battlecruisers to sail over the horizon, any rescue ...