On May 18, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck began its first ever combat mission. It was the most powerful ship in Europe at the time, and was said to be the "invincible" pride of Hitler's navy.

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 ...

Attempted Breakout. In the black of night on the early morning of May 19, 1941, the German Battleship Bismarck weighed anchor and headed out to sea.Leaving Gotenhafen in occupied Poland, she was ...

Battleship Bismarck: An Old Design?. The warship was laid down after the signing of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement in 1935, and she was still nominally within the 35,000-long-ton (36,000 tons ...

An archive of 22 Royal Nay telegram messages describing the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck is up for auction in the U.K. The Bismarck has been described as the largest and most powerful ...

German battleship Bismarck off of Kiel, Germany, September 1940. Sobotta/ullstein bild via Getty Images As soon as the war started, the Kriegsmarine set out to attack Allied shipping lanes.

Can we imagine a scenario in which two titans of World War II, the German battleship Bismarck and the Japanese battleship Yamato, would come into conflict?Difficult, but not impossible. Had the ...

The Bismarck was built in August 1940 and was the biggest battleship made by Germany. She was named after Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor behind the unification of Germany in 1871.

The battleship Bismarck was the German navy's crown jewel, but its sinking in May 1941 convinced Hitler that the future of naval warfare was undersea.

Underwater explorer Robert Ballard, who earlier this month found the World War II German battleship Bismarck on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, said Thursday he believes the ship was scuttled by ...

Sleek, fast, and heavily armed, Bismarck was the newest battleship of the German Navy. She carried eight 15-inch main guns in four main turrets, two forward and two aft. The Bismarck’s main guns ...