The British HMS Trooper submarine was lost in 1943 with 64 men on board. A Greek-based underwater recovery team located the submarine 81 years later, finding it torn into three sections by a German ...
The nightmares of Allied cargo shipping, the German U-Boats reigned supreme in the turbulent seas during 1940-1942. Taking one of these U-Boats as an example, the U-505 submarine sunk an impressive 8 ...
The man who’s a curator at The Military Museums and has held national leadership roles with the country’s military reserves ...
On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes piloted his Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the “Spruce Goose,” on its one and only flight; a ...
On 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the California Desert Protection Act, establishing Death Valley and Joshua Tree ...
The HMS “Trooper” likely sank after hitting an underwater German ... World War II mystery. Now, however, shipwreck hunters think they’ve discovered what happened to the submarine—and ...
I think I may have submechanophobia. The very thought of being submerged underwater in a solid metal casket loaded with explosive torpedoes chills me to the core. And yet, for Adolf Hitler, ...
Its size was advantageous when chasing German submarines but also more vulnerable to sinking if hit. In his last days, we talked extensively, and I am struck by how he felt about society. He felt ...
I have a special fondness for WWII movies made during the war, and here’s one of my favorites. John Mills, who played a military character in 31 films, and his submarine crew all get their leave ...
“suckers and losers” after they were killed within five months of each other when their U.S. Navy ships were sunk by Japanese ...