Long-debated story of WWII U-boat attack on North Carolina finally gets its due

The tanker Dixie Arrow was among the ships targeted by German U-boats off North Carolina in WWII. It was hit by a U-boat ...
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What happened after a U-boat tried to show mercy

In 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed the British liner Laconia — only to discover it carried Allied prisoners of war. In an extraordinary act, the submarine surfaced and began rescue operations. What ...
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A U-Boat Killed 763 American Soldiers on Christmas Eve in 1944. The Army Kept It Secret for 50 Years

The Belgian troopship SS Léopoldville had just slipped beneath the English Channel after being hit by a torpedo. Gerald Howard went down with the ship. The 23-year-old rifleman nearly drowned under ...
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This is how men lived and died - inside U-boats

Life aboard a German U-boat in World War II was brutal, claustrophobic, and deadly. Follow Hans Fischer, a young mechanic turned U-boat crewman, as he endures stifling heat, toxic diesel fumes, no ...