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

The German battleship Bismarck, hailed as the pride of the Kriegsmarine and a symbol of naval power, faced off against ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Yamato was, with its sister ship Musashi, the largest ship in history – and more agile and heavily armed than the Bismarck. The German warship wouldn’t stand a ...

An archive of 22 Royal Nay telegram messages describing the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck is up for auction in the U.K. The Bismarck has been described as the largest and most powerful ...

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 ...

The larger context of the battle—the U.S. Navy being forced to take on the German Navy—would have had serious repercussions for the Pacific theater. Germany was, after all, considered the primary ...

Underwater explorer Robert Ballard, who earlier this month found the World War II German battleship Bismarck on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, said Thursday he believes the ship was scuttled by its ...

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 ...

Today is Thursday, May 27, the 147th day of 2021. There are 218 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 27, 1941, the British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off ...