After over 80 years, a team of marine archeologists and historians believe that they’ve uncovered a lost piece of World War II history. The remains of the Japanese freighter Hōfuku Maru were spotted ...

Lost since 1944, the WWII submarine USS Herring has been identified. Discover the story of the vessel and its 83-man crew.

Archaeologists have discovered the wreck of the Hōfuku Maru — the final resting place of 1,000 British and Dutch POWs captured in Singapore during World War II.

A long-lost World War II ship packed with Allied prisoners has finally been found on the seafloor off the Philippines, nearly 80 years after US planes sent it under. Researchers say they've located ...

The discovery, announced by the Hellships Memorial Foundation, was also aired in early June on the Discovery Channel’s ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Two miles off the coast of Bari, Italy, something massive sits on the sandy seafloor, 165 feet below the surface. Local divers knew it was there ...

Divers have found the wreck of the Hofuku Maru off Luzon in the Philippines. The Japanese freighter sank in 1944 with over 1,200 Allied POWs; a digitised military file finally solved the mystery. View ...

After the Japanese submarine I-52 sank during World War II, it would take more than fifty years before a determined historian finally located the wreck. The submarine had been carrying two tons of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Japanese military transported more than 62,000 prisoners of war during World War II using dozens of unmarked vessels. - German ...