Key Point: The sinking of the Bismarck was an excellent example of combined arms at sea working together to sink a stronger opponent. On May 23, 1941, the Battleship Bismarck was on a roll. The ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Bismarck’s sinking was an excellent example of combined arms at sea working together to take down a more powerful opponent. No single element of the Royal Navy ...

The 50,000-tonne pride of the Nazi fleet sank in the Atlantic, 1000km west of the French port of Brest, after a two-hour bombardment by British warships. At the time it was stated that the battleship ...

Early in World War II, Nazi Germany used its navy to isolate Britain from resupply by sea. Germany capital ships, like the battleship Bismarck, were an important part of that strategy. But it was ...

On 18 May 1941 Germany's Bismarck battleship, accompanied by the Prinz Eugen, sailed with over 2,000 men on board from Gdynia on the Baltic coast. British intelligence had been monitoring the progress ...