When the Nazis finished its construction, the German battleship Bismarck was the most powerful warship in Europe. Commissioned in 1940, Bismarck immediately posed a lethal threat to both Allied ...

What You Need to Know: In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck proved formidable, sinking HMS Hood and damaging Prince of Wales while evading pursuit across the North Atlantic. -Yet ...

One of his most poignant wartime memories is of the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. On May 27 1941, Robin helped rescue four German sailors from the water, saying: “I was pleased to help.

With the Padres’ Destroyer disabled by J.P.’s ion blast, it was time to send in the bombers. The classic Rebel bomber is the ...

The Mighty Hood was sunk in 1941 by the German battleship Bismarck, with the loss of all but three of the 1,418 crew Lady Hood launched Hood in 1918 in memory of her late husband Rear Admiral Sir ...

Although written from the German perspective ... due certainly to poor translation, Bismarck: The Final Days of Germany's Greatest Battleship makes a very good read for anyone interested in naval ...

The mighty Hood was the pride of the British Navy for more than 20 years revered around the world as the largest and most powerful warship afloat But when it was sunk by the German battleship ...

While the story has been told before, perhaps most notably by C.S. Foster, who’s book was turned into the fairly good 1960 film Sink the Bismarck!, Konstam draws upon many first hand accounts, ...

The Tirpitz was the Third Reichs ultimate weapon Sister ship to the Bismarck she was the most successful German battleship of WWII She alone had the power to destroy an entire convoy and from ...