or U-boats, sunk, scuttled, captured, or otherwise lost to German forces during World War II. Here, naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically significant U-boats.

Dietmar Rabich via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 "Herr Traband, our guide from HDW, had known the site since the war and ...

On May 10th, 1945, all the German U-boats were told to surrender. The U249, which was the first German U-boat to arrive in UK waters, came into Weymouth Bay and surrendered. The commanding officer ...

U-505 was a near absolute failure as a killer, failing to sink a single ship for multiple combat tours. The U-boat couldn't ...