Sink the Bismarck!’’ was the cry as British forces searched the Atlantic for the German navy’s most powerful vessel. The pursuit ended on May 27, 1941, in a battle that plunged the Bismarck into ...
In the black veil of dawn on May 19, 1941, the giant Bismarck, a battleship of unheard-of strength, glided into the Baltic Sea, beginning her journey. The German navy had not built such a monstrosity ...
The Bismarck’s terrifying effectiveness led the Royal Navy to make the battleship’s destruction their main goal in the early ...