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Why Do We Hate History So Much?

by Lord Banks in Education, November 3, 2009
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My views on the short sightedness of the general public.

India Launches First Nuclear Submarine

by lindalulu in Military, October 5, 2009
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July marked India’s launch of its first nuclear submarine.

CSS Hunley: The First Submarine

by Kim Seabrook in History, September 23, 2009
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The CSS Hunley, wasn’t strictly speaking the first submarine to be designed or indeed built, but it was the first to see active service, and it was the first to sink a naval vessel.

The Largest Submarine Ever Built

by NickFord in Military, August 12, 2009
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The Soviet Typoon class submarines were longer than two football pitches.

Wilhelm Gustloff: Disaster at Sea

by Kim Seabrook in History, July 28, 2009
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Alexander Marinesko from Hero or Villain: More Prisoners of Eternity.

We All Live in a Haunted Submarine

by Patrick Bernauw in History, May 31, 2009
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In Germany a submarine was called an U-boat, or “Unterseeboot”. At the outbreak of World War One, Germany had 33 of them. With the possibility of rich prizes off the British and Irish coasts and in the Channel, in early 1916 an entire flotilla of 24 U-boats was launched in the North Sea. One of them was the U-65, and from the very beginning there was talk about “jinxes” and “hoodoos”.

More Inventors Whose Inventions Killed Them

by Joe Dorish in History, April 1, 2009
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Inventors are usually wacky people and sometimes they get killed by their own creations.

Who Devised the Submarine?

by Swapna P in History, August 25, 2008
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Man has always wanted to conquer every part of the earth, be it the land, skies, or the water. He has tried to reach the depths of the deep oceans in order to get pearls or for the simple pleasure of studying the mysterious regions. However, unlike fish, man has not got the ability to stay underwater for long periods of time. So his ingenious brain to devise methods to do so.

The Story of the Confederate Submarine H.l. Hunley

by The Historian in History, December 22, 2007
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The H.L. Hunley was an early submarine used by the Confederate Navy for blockade breaking during the Civil War…

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