A German navy sailor blows a boatswain’s whistle as fellow sailors embarked Wednesday aboard the FGS Frankfurt Am Main at Pearl Harbor. Above, German navy Cmdr. Hanno Weisensee stood near the working ...

Nazi Germany's two Bismarck-class battleships were the most imposing it built during World War II. The threat they posed to convoys and warships made them a special target for the Allies. British ...

Europe’s monthslong drought has exposed the hulls of German ships sunk toward the end of WWII in the Danube River. The 20 exposed hulls near the Serbian river port town of Prahovo are just a fraction ...

An extreme drought in Europe has left one of the continent's largest rivers, the Danube, at its lowest water levels in nearly a century. Those low water levels have exposed dozens of German warships – ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Nazi government needed time to negotiate the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, which allowed new battleship construction. Laid down in 1935, the first two ships of ...

Vessels would be first German warships to pass Taiwan Strait since 2002 Sailings by foreign warships in the strait are regularly condemned by Beijing Ships waiting for orders from Berlin, commander ...

The German frigate Hessen came close to shooting down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper over the Red Sea earlier this week, according to German media. The ship detected the drone on its radar but was unable to ...

The development of the automotive torpedo during World War I helped submarines to become more efficient by allowing them to attack from a safe distance. During World War I, Germany’s U-boats engaged ...

Early in World War II, Nazi Germany used its navy to isolate Britain from resupply by sea. Germany capital ships, like the battleship Bismarck, were an important part of that strategy. But it was ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The German battleships closed in at more than at thirty knots. The British destroyers attempted to lay smoke to cover the carrier’s withdrawal, but it was too late.