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.

3 Key Points: The Bismarck, Germany's pride and the largest battleship built in Europe, was launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1940, only to meet a tragic end within eight months of service.

The Bismarck, Nazi Germany’s most feared battleship, may have been scuttled by her own crew to avoid capture rather than sunk by British torpedoes, as film and song have portrayed.Undersea ...

A retired U.S. Navy captain has carried out research that casts doubt on one of the most glorious chapters in British military history -- the sinking of the German battleship the Bismarck in 1941.

The Bismarck City Commission voted Tuesday to support a Navy-owned joint high-speed ship that will carry the city's moniker. City officials will work with the Bismarck-Mandan Chamber of Commerce to ...

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 ...

The German battleship Bismarck was the the pride of the Kriegsmarine, Nazi Germany’s naval service. Construction began in 1936, and the ship was commissioned in April 1940.

A photograph of the Bismarck taken from the Prinz Eugen in Norwegian waters on May 21, 1941. The dazzle camouflage stripes had not yet been painted out, nor had the false bow waves.

"The fate of the ship Bismarck is a fascinating story we wanted to write about for a long time, but could not fit into any album," Sabaton said. "So we decided to make it as a single release, ...

3 Key Points: The Bismarck, Germany’s pride and the largest battleship built in Europe, was launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1940, only to meet a tragic end within eight months of service ...