With no viable options, the crew resorted to the unthinkable: they began pelting the enemy sub with potatoes from the galley, ... They Blew Up a Submarine With Potatoes – WW2's Most Bizarre Defeat.

Retired from Sapulpa schools where he finished as assistant superintendent, 40-year educator John Cockrum, 89, was quartermaster on a Navy submarine, the USS Piranha, during WWII.

Submarines have since their introduction been key during naval warfare, and indeed played an important role during World War II. From Allied subs to German U-boats, naval fleets would not be the ...

The Nautilus is a legend from a bygone era—one with American industrial and defense capabilities the likes of which no modern leader has ever seen.

Thousands of people were being evacuated from central Cologne in western Germany on Wednesday after three American bombs from World War II, each with impact fuses, were discovered during ...

World War II veterans return to Normandy's beaches for the 81st D-Day anniversary, with about two dozen mostly centenarian former servicemen receiving warm welcomes from local French people.

The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs.

The city of Cologne in western Germany is undergoing a major evacuation following the discovery of three unexploded bombs from World War II. Authorities on Monday found the munitions — two 1,000 ...

Joe Wright's Atonement, the celebrated World War 2 drama starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, has certainly made an impact with seven Oscar nominations and a box office return that was four ...

The Oscar-II-Class’ Specifications. The Oscar-II is a behemoth of naval engineering—displacing up to 24,000 tons when submerged, making it the fourth-largest submarine ever built.It was only ...

The event Friday in the 500 block of Penn Street is the official kickoff of Mid-Atlantic’s 34th World War II Weekend, June 6, 7 and 8 at the Reading Regional Airport, Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Field.

A German submarine torpedoed the S.S. Pennsylvania Sun on July 15, 1942, destroying 107,500 barrels of U.S. Navy fuel oil. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Early on June 29, 1942, the 8,032-ton ...