In this riveting historical account, we take you on a journey back to the dramatic sinking of the legendary battleship, ...

Key Point: Although Bismarck outclassed nearly all the heavy capital ships that chased it, naval aviation was another matter. On May 23, 1941, the Battleship Bismarck was on a roll. The largest and ...

BLAINSLIE, Scotland (Reuters Life!) - John Moffat's sparkling eyes grow dim when he remembers the 2,000 sailors swallowed up by the Atlantic after his torpedo bombers consigned the German battleship ...

GEORGE WHALLEYwrites about his experience at the sinking of the BISMARCK: “I was twenty-fire, a sublien tenant serving with the Royal Nary; it was less than a year sinceI had joined the service. My ...

"Unsinkable," they called it, and they weren't referring to Molly Brown or the Titanic. The Bismarck was a World War II killing machine, boasting 15-inch guns that could sink a vessel 12 miles away.

What You Need to Know: HMS Hood, the pride of the British Royal Navy, symbolized British imperial power during the interwar years. Designed under the Washington Naval Treaty, this fast... 3 Key Points ...

Brownhelm Historical Association will welcome Eric Rivet, chief curator of the Western Reserve Historical Society, for a free virtual historical program — “A Tale of Two Torpedoes: The Sinking of the ...

Sink the Bismarck!’’ was the cry as British forces searched the Atlantic for the German navy’s most powerful vessel. The pursuit ended on May 27, 1941, in a battle that plunged the Bismarck into ...

Detailed and fascinating documentary telling the history of the famous German battleship of World War II. The urgent British hunt and the German ship's efforts to escape are described through vintage ...