An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.

During the Battle of Jutland, with shells raining down and British ships exploding in minutes, Admiral Beatty ordered a ...

Crouched on a salt marsh, I knock back schnapps as the tide creeps towards me. My hand hovers over sea wormwood, a botanical I’m collecting on a tour of the coastline. Klaus and Jan, my guides, pull ...

In March 1915, the German submarine U-29 slipped into the North Sea under the command of Otto Weddigen, one of the war’s earliest naval legends. Just months before, he had stunned the world by sinking ...