Starfish have taken up residence on discarded munitions pieces at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. As the ink dried on Germany’s unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945, celebrations erupted across the ...
Boltenhagen, Germany — Slowly, Dirk Schoenen dives down to a huge pile of ammunition from World War II at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. He removes some of the top pieces and carefully puts them into a ...
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The Craziest Sea Operation of WWII

The fall of France had been a disaster to the Allies in more ways than one, and by 1942, they were still struggling to ...
A 250kg World War II bomb discovered in Rauma’s port triggered a Finnish Navy operation and renewed focus on Baltic Sea ...
BANJUL, Gambia — Kawsu Leigh writhed in pain on the fishing boat, his burned skin as mottled as the paint on the deck beneath him. Raw and slick, the burns covered large parts of his upper body. His ...