Nazi Germany's two Bismarck-class battleships were the most imposing it built during World War II. The threat they posed to convoys and warships made them a special target for the Allies. British ...

The Bismarck’s terrifying effectiveness led the Royal Navy to make the battleship’s destruction their main goal in the early phase of the war. Long before the rise of Adolf Hitler’s blood-soaked Nazi ...

The German battleship Bismarck after its completion but before it received its camouflage paint. Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Early in World War II, Nazi Germany used its navy to ...

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 ...

In May 1941, the German Kriegsmarine launched Operation Rheinübung, a breakout into the Atlantic. The newly commissioned battleship Bismarck, alongside the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, set sail from ...

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 ...

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 ...