On a sweltering day in August 1906 U-1, or Unterseeboot 1, meaning underwater boat, was lifted into Kiel's waters for trials; 100 hundred years later Kiel still

Part of the Dive into History series, this work traces the development of the U-boat and its role in two world wars. It also features eleven wrecks that are bot

With dozens of historical documents and over 400 photographs, the author not only presents a comprehensive history of U-boat crews and the undersea war, but als

Excerpt from The Pirate's Progress: A Short History of the U-Boat But until the present war broke out it had occurred to no one to imagine that disasters due to