During World Wars I and II, the North and Baltic Seas were strategic theaters of naval conflict for Europe. Allied and Axis forces mined the waters, launched torpedoes, and dropped explosives. After ...

Potential WWII-era sea mine parts discovered on Vero Beach shoreline as Hurricane Erin churned hundreds of miles offshore. No immediate threat to public, but beach access restricted near the discovery ...

A 250kg World War II bomb discovered in Rauma’s port triggered a Finnish Navy operation and renewed focus on Baltic Sea ...

A major naval operation concluded in the Baltic Sea on Monday, with warships, divers and underwater drone operators detonating unexploded mines left over from the two World Wars - and taking 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 ...

Deep beneath the surface of the Baltic Sea, diver Dirk Schoenen meticulously navigates a vast underwater graveyard of World War II ammunition, his every move scrutinised by a team monitoring live ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Rough seas from Hurricane Erin are believed to have uncovered parts of a WWII, or earlier, era sea mine buried along shoreline south of Vero Beach, a law enforcement official ...