Upon discovering that over a thousand Italian POWs were among the passengers, the U-boat commander made the rare decision to return and assist in rescue efforts. Contrary to common belief, German ...

All were safely brought to the surface in four round-trips using the McCann submarine rescue chamber. Salvaged and renamed Sailfish, the boat served to the end of World War II. Ten days after the ...

HMS Seal, crippled by German cannon fire in the Kattegat Strait, fights a losing battle as Lieutenant Commander Rupert ...

Joining up at the start of the war, London-born Mr Barnes went on to serve for 23 years and said sinking a German U-boat was his biggest ... years since the end of WW2, Mr Barnes, who moved ...

Through assiduous research and well-paced narrative, Simon Parkin has given us an extraordinary, little-known story from World War II: the turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic. Its subjects ...

The commanding officer went on-board with his crew and took command. The first things ... ever really frightened him during WWII. This was when German submarines attacked the Atlantic lifeline ...