Some 2,000 German sailors lost their lives in the sinking while only 110 survivors were pulled off the water before a U-Boat threat forced the British to retire. The destruction of Bismarck less ...

Barnsely, So. Yorks: Pen & Sword/Havertown, Pa.: Casemate, 2010. Pp. vi, 170. Illus., maps, diagr., appends., index. $32.95. ISBN: 1848842503. Albeit unfortunately ...

It sparked a huge Royal Navy pursuit of the Bismarck, which was destroyed three days later. More than 2,000 German sailors lost their lives. Sinking of WW2 ship HMS Hood commemorated HMS Hood's ...

However, after the sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941, they were confined to the French port of Brest for safety. By early 1942, Hitler ordered them to Norway, where he feared an invasion.