The Bismarck, the pride of the Kriegsmarine and named after Germany’s unifier Otto von Bismarck, was designed to dominate the seas with its 50,000-ton frame and deadly 15-inch guns. At the start of ...

In 1943, the North Atlantic lay cloaked in mist, prowled by German U-boats and shadowed by dread. Cutting through the fog was USS Iowa, the most powerful American battleship, its 16-inch guns ready ...

Bismarck and Prinz Eugen were on a mission to wreak havoc on British merchant shipping. German U-boats were already very effective at this, but Grand Adm. Erich Raeder, head of the Kriegsmarine ...

The German battleship Bismarck was the the pride of the Kriegsmarine, Nazi Germany’s naval service.Construction began in 1936, and the ship was commissioned in April 1940. It and its sister ship ...

With Bismarck gone, Tirpitz became the pride of the Kriegsmarine, but Hitler forbade surface ships from Atlantic commerce raiding after Bismarck was sunk. Instead, the Kriegsmarine's surface fleet ...

The German battleship Bismarck was the the pride of the Kriegsmarine, Nazi Germany’s naval service.Construction began in 1936, and the ship was commissioned in April 1940. It and its sister ship ...

In May, 1941 the German Battleship Bismarck sailed into the North Atlantic to challenge the British control of the seas, and threaten her vital convoy routes. That journey would be the stuff of ...