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 ...

Bruno Rzonca of Schererville descends from a Crusader, who stopped on his way home from the Middle East at Tilsist, Bruno's hometown, near the Niemen River which separates Ostpreusen, or East Prussia, ...

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 ...