On the night of May 18, 1941, the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen steamed out of its base at Gotenhafen (now Gdynia, Poland), followed five hours later by the Kriegsmarine's crown jewel, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nazi Germany's two Bismarck-class battleships were the most imposing it built during World War II. The threat they posed to ...

Bismarck was built to dominate the Atlantic and quickly became the pride of the Kriegsmarine, armed with heavy guns, thick armor, and the speed to threaten Allied shipping routes. In May 1941, she ...

While German U-Boats are the most deadly component of the Third Reich's naval arsenal, it had a sizeable fleet of battleships as well. The United States even used a surrendered German battleship, the ...

Dive into the epic tale of the Tirpitz, the "lonely queen of the north"! Discover how this massive warship haunted the Allied ...

Key Point: The Bismarck was Nazi Germany’s dangerous secret weapon. The Royal Navy did all it could to find it. On May 23, 1941, the Battleship Bismarck was on a roll. The largest and most powerful ...

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 present at the battle was strong enough ...

Almost 70 years after its sinking the powerful headlights of two hightech research submersibles illuminate the silhouette of the biggest German battleship ever The pride of the German Kriegsmarine ...

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 ...