In the black veil of dawn on May 19, 1941, the giant Bismarck, a battleship of unheard-of strength, glided into the Baltic ...

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 ...

Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era ...

Early in World War II, Nazi Germany used its navy to isolate Britain from resupply by sea. Germany capital ships, like the battleship Bismarck, were an important part of that strategy. But it was ...

In a world where raw tonnage commanded respect, these war machines pushed the limits of human engineering. From a mammoth railway gun that required weeks of assembly to floating fortresses displacing ...

On this date in history: In 1703, Czar Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg as the new capital of Russia. In 1930, Richard Gurley Drew received a patent for his adhesive tape, which was later ...

Sink The Bismarck! is a first-rate film re-creation of a thrilling historical event. The screenplay is taken from a book by C. S. Forester. It concentrates almost entirely on three playing areas.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: 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 ...