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 ...

Following the sinking of hms Hood in May 1941, the Royal Navy launched one of the largest naval hunts in history. The German ...

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 ...

HMS King George V, the lead ship of the most modern British battleships commissioned during World War 2, was the pride of the ...

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.

If the tale is to be believed, this feline survived the sinking of one German and two British ships during World War II.

The Battleships by Rob McCauley and Ian Johnston (Channel 4 Books, 2000) £20.00. Relates the story of the battleships from the Battle of Trafalgar to the Gulf war, and their role in global history.

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 ...