Rare WW2 Footage - Death of the Bismarck - Improved Sound

Rise and Fall of the Geman Kriegsmarine Battleship Bismarck
January 24th 1941 - May 27th 1941
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[@heartofoak45]

KMS Bismark was a most beautiful ship of war. Please pause and consider the 2000+ mostly young men who perished with her along with the courageous 1415 Royal Navy sailors who went down with HMS Hood. May they all Rest in Peace. Each in his own way fighting for his Fatherland and Motherland.

[@xj900uk]

My Mother died in Jan uary 2012 and she was probably one of the last people alive to have seen HMS Hood for real. She said it was when she was a little girl in 1937, for the Coronation (George VI) and she was lined up in full regalia - my Mum's family went out in a boat to go and look at all the warships lined up there on parade. She always said that HMS Hood was an amazingly beautiful ship compared to the rest, like a gazelle amongst a herd of warthogs.

[@breakingbisley]

An interesting fact is that my old man was a barber in my hometown of Fareham in the UK (which is about 10 mins from HM Naval base in Portsmouth). One of the survivors of the HMS Hood (Ted Briggs) would go and get his haircut done by my old man, and tell him about the sinking of the Hood by the Bismarck.

[@Syrailia]

*_Now that's some true courage for Ted. He managed to survive an attack by a German warship._* *May those who died rest in peace.*

[@scopex2749]

Bismarck paid for the lives she took on the Hood. But both sides fought and died with honour. RIP to the fallen. My uncle was on the Hood.

[@BobBerardjr772]

The boat that only rescued a few men from the Bismarck let the rest die in the water as they clung to the ropes till they couldn’t hang on anymore. There’s no honor in that!It was shear event of payback for sinking the hood in just 6 minutes. A rescue just to show how shallow wales can be

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@BobBerardjr772 110 German sailors were saved by the RN ships HMS Dorsetshire & Maori before a periscope alert was raised and the ships were compelled to leave the scene. Compare the number of German lives saved by the RN to the number of British lives saved by the Kriegsmarine when the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sank the RN carrier HMS Glorious and her two escorting destroyers HMS Acasta and Ardent on 8th June 1940 in the Norwegian sea. Inspite of NO other RN ships being in the vicinity the German admiral Wilhelm Marschall, failed to make even the most rudimentary rescue efforts, instead sailing off leaving 1600 RN sailors to die in those frigid northern waters. Also what arrangements did the Kriegsmarine have in place to save the survivors of the British merchant shipping in the North Atlantic that they hoped to destroy en masse using Bismarck and Prinz Eugen? Or is it just German lives you get all teared up about?

[@BobBerardjr772]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Just German lives lol

[@Echo_8054]

@@BobBerardjr772they were warned about a u-boat. It was leave them or get blown up to them.

[@leonaudacity5313]

My aunties dad was on King George V that was there for the sinking of the Bismarck. He was the last living serviceman to see it sink, he died this year at 103 years of age.

[@BradBrassman]

Strange to realise that despite all her advancement and technological might, her end was begun by what was essentially a WW1 biplane!

[@therightarmofthefreeworld4703]

Actually it was begun by HMS Prince of Wales.

[@JBliehall]

@@therightarmofthefreeworld4703 The Swordfish (WWI) that hit her with a torpedo in her steering planes and rendered them useless REALLY was the beginning of her end.

[@Madmiata79]

​@@JBliehallif Prince of Wales didn't damage bismarck's fuel storage thus make it impossible for her to continue operation with remaining fuel, swordfish wouldn't even have chance to see Bismarck. It's hard to tell what really was the beginning of her end

[@graemegeddes3987]

Mmm except the Swordfish and the spitfire both came off the drawing boards in the same year. 1935. The Spitfire, quite rightly was a high priority and given the best engine available at the time. The Swordfish, designed under RAF control of resources and designs, was so low on the priority list, it was given an engine a fraction of the power of the Spitfires Merlin. Nevertheless it is often forgotten that this is a period of transition, from biplane to monoplane. The Biplane was still a potent fighter aircraft and used in the Battle of Britain and at the time was the front line aircraft of the US navies strike and fighter aircraft. So it really wasn’t WW1 technology, as I can’t think of a WW1 aircraft that could lift a heavy torpedo into the air from a flight deck and indeed later use rockets against both tanks and submarines as well as carrying radar when attacking Bismarck.

[@lonewolftech]

@@Madmiata79the planes were there first it was first spotted by a an American Catalina who raised the Brit’s who then sent the swordfish with torpedoes and it slowed it down so the ships could arrive and finish it off. It was 100% the planes who hit her first.

[@michaelgustavsson4107]

The first clips is from the battle between Bismarck and Hood, filmed from Prinz Eugen.

[@erwinrommel4229]

Such a mighty beast, it's an extraordinarily beautiful machine of war.

[@MarinerBlue-ty8wl]

So sad the lives that were lost even though they weren't on our side I'm heartbroken tragic

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

I was going to make a Bismarck type video but I can't make a better video than this lol. Incredible footage found and put together, along with great storytelling. Bravo

[@Phil-oj5nr]

My father was CPO Gunnery on HMS Rodney. He may have been one of the few people on his ship to see the battle, as all hands are locked down during battle, firing their guns etc. Maybe less than twenty on Rodney would have viewed the whole scene.

[@johnbroadway4196]

To watch this is with both Wonderment and sadness. These great vessels A W 2 And W W 1. Are of immense pride in those countries they could afford to build such ships. The tragedy in all the souls that are lost. This is truly A golden time to never be seen again. R I P to all sailors.

[@shamelessemperor1901]

“Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel Bismarck in motion, king of the ocean He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas To lead the war machine To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine The terror of the seas The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine”

[@soap4150]

lol I was about to make an edit on this

[@badrobot8531]

Until it met the British Navy 😉

[@Madmiata79]

@@badrobot8531 59 vessels were engaged to catch one wounded battleship😉

[@gilbertomolina2177]

​@@badrobot8531 Sorry "Hood"

[@therightarmofthefreeworld4703]

@@Madmiata79 Bismarck was mission killed in her first action by Prince of Wales.

[@rexusaan904]

War bring misery and death of our beloved dear

[@stevelee2787]

the Germans knew how to build magnificent machinery you cannot deny

[@yortsemloh1156]

Thanks a lot for posting this. I’ve seen pieces of it in documentaries but never just the raw footage.

[@natetheflyingcatman3976]

This is the place we’re men cry.

[@Nitrecz]

When you notice you are sad because the Nazis lost a ship

[@natetheflyingcatman3976]

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[@Nitrecz]

@@natetheflyingcatman3976 imagine how cool it would be if the Bismarck survived WW2 and it gets converted into a museum ship

[@natetheflyingcatman3976]

That would be amazing

[@stephenbryant5251]

Where *

[@Abeginnerchannel_]

for all the ww2 boys: RIP BISMARCK🇩🇪🕊️

[@MisterEnfield]

H.M.S Hood sailors: bruh

[@xiojade7]

[@Madmiata79]

So sad that footages from Bismarck were lost with ship itself. I wonder what they looked like so much, but sadly never going to see

[@bobbrown5529]

well put together , excellent

[@slavicboi8068]

She's been gone for 81 years today may God be with the crew where ever they are now.

[@chrisvieke2559]

Thanks for sharing

[@aidenwrenn5342]

As far as I've read the Bismarck's anti aircraft guns were calibrated to track planes travelling at 160 kph or over. The Swordfish flew at around 120.

[@keithmartland6463]

My respect to all who sailed and served, no matter what flag you flew!

[@Madmiata79]

"War knows no nation". Germans were risen with nazi propoganda, they didn't just kill thousands of innocent civillians, they also destroyed their own country.

[@cryptic6245]

Legend ❤️

[@lumberlikwidator8863]

By about the four-minute mark Bismarck already appears to be slightly down at the bows. I think she had already been struck there by a shell from Prince of Wales, leading to the loss of fuel and the oil slick that were to contribute to her demise.

[@daneelolivaw602]

Bismarck was down at the bows, you are right, it was because of damage inflicted by POW, the bow was down by two or three degrees, this hit was at about the water line, went through two fuel tanks and out the other side of the ship without exploding. Another hit by POW destroyed No2 boiler room, and caused some flooding, there was also a list to port of nine degrees, and the starboard propeller was coming out of the water, counterflooding aft was ordered to try to restore trim. HMS Prince of Wales Never gets the recognition she deserves in the role she played in the destruction of Bismarck.

[@gerhaldlaubscher8321]

Wow, this ship was massive!!! Amazing!

[@jasonsmith1143]

very cool videos thanks

[@Agent_Khaos]

also, to all of yall saying that bismarck has skill issue, it took 16 dang ships to destroy a single battleship, keep in mind there are not 16 turrets.

[@YYUTESARK_CLAN]

3 ships just

[@daneelolivaw602]

Where do you get 16 dang ships from. The Bismarck was destroyed by the ships HMS Rodney, and HMS King George V, on that last morning. When they were dangerously low on fuel they left, and HMS Dorsetshire fired torpedo's at the wreck of Bismarck

[@Agent_Khaos]

@@daneelolivaw602 🤓

[@stuartcarter3649]

Farkin Hell mate, brilliant explanation and commentary !!👍 I’ve subscribed now, first time I have seen your channel….wow 👍🇦🇺👍🇦🇺

[@soultraveller5027]

Bismarck and HMS hood has thoroughly been documented and Bismarck last hours in its life and crew she Recived a frightful close range pounding of her upper works By HMS Rodney main 16 inch guns and her escort ships at the time Rodeny was low on fuel when Bismarck was sighted and wanted to close and end the battle as quickly as possible. At the end hardly anything was left of Bismarck superstructure it had been swept away. Because of the close range a lot of Rodney shells some past through Bismarck side armour into the hull so the destruction was unmanageable So this was the deciding factor if Rodney had the fuel she would have struck with plunging fire the most effective method of penetrating battleship armour engagement and hitting something vital the heavy /light Cruisers accompanying. Rodney. We're ordered to in with Torpedoes to finish her off but according to the Germans they sank the ship by opening the ships sealocks with all that horrific destruction and carnage in the ship going on the uppermost thought by the germans was not to let the English captured the ship amazing. at least the crew HMS hood demise was mercifully. Quick

[@jom4752]

Might also add. It was customary for the German command to “better” destroy ships and equipment then let it fall in the hands of the enemy. As James Cameron points out the torpedo belt served it purpose and the ship super structure was very much intact. As a result, this ship was never going to be sunk by normal means. So the surviving crew scuttled the ship.

[@soultraveller5027]

@@jom4752Might add also for the record , James Cameron dive on Bismarck was not fully ""investigated"" i.e the true extent of the damage to the ships hull and side armour belt facing HMS Rodney 16 inch guns Bismarck keel when she went down was deep set in the sea floor, so according to Cameron himself didn't see the important areas of the lower section of the ships hull there was some penetration observed in some parts along the length of her exposed hull one can only assume these were 16"" shells from Rodney smashing through at that close range as far as torpedo damage is concerned none was visible to the camera so in his interview on the documentary he concludes his investigation was only half completed , whether Bismarck was sunk by British torpedoes or ""helped"" along the way or the Germans sank the ship by there hands alone is not fully conclusive and will probably never know.for sure...!

[@soultraveller5027]

@@devildogcrewchief3335 Sorry bit later still valade , I suggest you read my reply to that,to another misinformed nobbers comment, mush

[@devildogcrewchief3335]

@@soultraveller5027 What part am I misinformed about? The video evidence is there for all to see. The torpedo protection did it's job and there was no evidence of the main armor belt being penetrated only the space between it and the upper deck and those were from 8" shells. I'm only going on the video provided by the Cameron expedition. What info do you have that I can read for myself?

[@soultraveller5027]

@@devildogcrewchief3335 For the record i have watched james Cameron dive on the Bismarck wreck ,i also watched a further documentary by Cameron clearly stating the dive, was incomplete evidence wise, the keel was set deep into sea bed, hiding any likely damage form the camera not to capture entirety the belt armour below because of the mud, according to him, it was still open to whether the british cruisers at the time who fired the Torpedoes actually damaged bismarck and caused flooding, certainty there was evidence of penetration by Rodneys 16 inch shells going through the bismarcks hull,as Rodney closed making her projectiles on a more linear flat trajectory, I am therefore have a open minded, on the issues whether british torpedos caused any damage or the Germans were slowly responsible for her sinking .

[@Swiss-Cash]

To name a battleship Bismarck you get scared without even imagining how the ship looks… A sea monster of Steel

[@daneelolivaw602]

It lasted EIGHT days at sea, 8 days.

[@thehumancanary131]

No wonder - when Georg von Küchler - the German general who routed the BEF in Dunkirk - surveyed the equipment abandoned in haste by the British - he issued his famous remark "this all looks as if it belongs in a museum!"

[@justhimo2728]

navy mens they look very proud to serve on that battleship

[@brobb5767]

Song: Johnny Horton, Sink the Bismark

[@allgood6760]

Timeless piece of history there👍

[@clyde61756]

Incredible video. Is it available to watch somewhere without the music?

[@jamescrawford9883]

Turn down the sound!

[@martinfranke846]

Why the imperial war flag (kaiserliches kriegsflagge) at the beginning rather than the red kriegsmarine flag of WW II?

[@KerkAussie-xf2bf]

Sometimes i forget that ww1 and 2 really happend nd it makes me sad.

[@Tom65478]

Rip bismarck

[@michaelgrey7854]

Because the Bismarck was a force for good??? I am glad she was destroyed.

[@raymondgoel4055]

From the footage of the battle with the hood and prince of wales, I always wondered how come we couldn't see Prince Eugene firing... I know that all ships involved fired rounds.. Did they just not show that?

[@fananderson3913]

I believe the camera man was aboard Prince Eugene. Prince Eugene refused to die even surviving 2 nuclear tests after the war.

[@TCR_710-Cap]

It always strikes me odd that nobody of those doing sounds for this video pays attention to the salvoes of Prinz Eugen. I guess the shaking of the camera is due to the blast of the Prinz's guns. And, I guess you would hear Bismarck's salvoes a bit later than the flashes of her guns. Sound travels quite a bit slower than light...

[@davejoyford1815]

that ship ,as beautiful as it was , was tasked to Destroy merchant shipping ,(defenseless ships) and avoid confrontation with the royal navy , I wonder how that ships captain could sleep at night . the Royal Navy put him to sleep in the end . sad, yes , but it saved the lives of thousands of merchant seamen.

[@wesleynash9385]

Yes going to sleep knowing you killed defenseless people who were only trying to do their job and low and behold a bismark blast and they were sent to the dee dark depths

[@amitchakravati8189]

She went down with her guns blazing

[@peterasp1968]

This mostly shows the Denmark Straits action of May 24.

[@jetshooter25]

Think all that firing and torpedoing did nothing to bismarck. The luck the british jammed bismarcks rudder so i couldn't move was a miracle gift. The other was taking out bismarcks control tower making her useless. The crew went through 1:30 hours of consistent shell pounding and torpedoing. They scuttled bismarck so the shooting would stop look at wreck photos she is basically intact just missing her control tower and guns. God it would have been hell on her imagine an hour of it knowing its doing nothing but killing men.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

You talk about luck but forget to mention the luckiest aspect of the whole chase.... Bismarck's hit on HMS Hood magazine. Also the Fleet Air Arm had already put a torpedo into the rudders / propellers of the Italian battleship "Vittorio Veneto" 3 months earlier at the battle of Cape matapan in the Mediterranean.

[@jetshooter25]

Right!

[@therightarmofthefreeworld4703]

Did nothing? In her first action, Bismarck was forced to abandon her mission and make for home after 3 hits from HMS Prince of Wales. In tact? I think you might want to look up the definition on “in tact”. Bismarck was anything but. People need to stop perpetuating the Bismarck myth.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@Military._History Just to correct your statement, HMS Hood did not have a "sister ship" she was the SOLE member of the "Admiral class", the other 3 ships of the class were never started as the might of the RN was such that they weren't deemed necessary, and the materials reserved for their construction was therefore redirected to the building of merchant ships. I assume you're talking about the RN battlecruiser losses at Jutland in 1916. The battlecruisers lost at Jutland resembled HMS Hood in the same manner that a Jaguar "E type" resembles a Koenigsegg Gamera.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@Military._History As I've explained above Hood had no "sister ship". Which "sistership" are you referring to exactly? Do you mean HMS Barham?

[@WojciechWachniewski-st1zm]

Footage may be rare, but images are only too familiar to me, who's been 'good friends' with the 'Bismarck' for decades now. In my case, ships lead me into the, and through the secrets of History

[@wesleynash9385]

A very scary ship for merchant ships.... her soul purpose was to destroy merchant ships leave nothing behind and no survivors..

[@endgamekarl-5137]

YOOO THIS VIDEO HIT 69 LIKE👀

[@yanni2112]

I was on 3 ships but never a BB, wanted to though.

[@RN-jt4hy]

The noise of the guns firing in the distance and the flashes from those same guns seem to coincide. Is this what is meant by "Improved Sound ". Sound should realistically appear much later.

[@astelli6181]

This video is being record on prinz eugune and is showing the bismarck firing at wales and sinking hood. Not the other way around. At the end of the day the bismarck was scuttled. It easily could have fled and made port.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Sunk by the RN assisted by the hammered German crew to be precise.

[@cliffwilkins9178]

You're deluded.

[@TheRideBo]

Lets be honest, the Germans knew how to build warmachines.

[@daneelolivaw602]

The Bismarck warmachine was sunk after EIGHT days at sea, 8 days.

[@billyrock8305]

Topgun boat. I was on it as a kid. Huge. Yamato better. 72,000 tons.

[@leocan3659]

Um alvo bem grande!

[@DyslexicSolMusic]

So wait... this video is of both the Bismarcks fight against the hood and the later fight where the Bismarck got destroyed?

[@uk4kbro263]

Only one, the other got bombed later. The other German ship is the Prince Eugen, not the tripitz

[@russellking9762]

i often wonder who would have come out on top had the Bismarck met either USS Missouri or USS New Jersey...who do you reckon?

[@wesleynash9385]

Iowa class would have won bismark was a pain in the ass to maneuver and she was hard to hide without being found by allied naval reconnaissance and the fact a WW1 Era biplane took her out shows how slow and vulnerable she was to an attack compared to any Iowa class regardless bismark was a Beautiful ship and posed a serious threat to british merchant shipping her goal was to take out ships coming in and out of Britain therefore starving them out of the war both Germany and Japan learned the hard way the bigger ship doesn't mean a damn thing

[@daneelolivaw602]

Well they never had the opportunity because HMS Rodney tore it to shreds.

[@erwinrommel7886]

Mission failed We gonna next time comerad 🇩🇪

[@wesleynash2598]

Just think THAT is 15,713 feet deep 400 miles west of France

[@Syrailia]

Girls: Omg! Titantic and Britannic were so sad to see sinking! Men: . . .

[@user-ux6gs1ng6v]

جرمن نازی🖤

[@KH0RIUM]

She was so beautiful 😔

[@kerimzlatarac7205]

Leave a Like if you are here after newest Andrew Tate interview 😂

[@user-gx3tx7nw1y]

So many lives gone for nothing.May all sailors who lost their lives in WWII from the Allied powers and from the Axis countries rest in peace.

[@xiojade7]

o/

[@philipfriend9737]

Bismarck has to be the most beautiful l but deadly battleship ever.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

"most deadly"? It landed a single million to one hit and was then ripped apart.

[@wesleynash2598]

Deadly to.merchant shipping and the British navy... she didn't maneuver good and nearly impossible to hide it tried to hide in the Denmark straight and was seen not long after And had anti aircraft guns that was not designed to target slow ww1 biplanes which made a very one in a million lucky shot jamming the rudder slowing it down for British navy to sink it

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@wesleynash2598 The Fleet Air Arm had scored a similar "million to one shot" just 2 months earlier at the battle of Cape Matapan. Putting a torpedo into the propellers of the Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto. The stern of a battleship was THE known no.1 target for a torpedo bomber, as the majority of a modern battleship's hull was protected by "torpedo defence systems" (TDS) Which basically had a variety of voids & liquid tanks (fuel, boiler feed water etc) outboard of a secondary internal bulkhead. The bow and stern of a ship had insufficient internal volume to hold such a TDS, and so were always the most vulnerable points for a torpedo to impact. The RN was also victim to a torpedo stern hit when HMS Prince of Wales was sunk due to one in Dec 1941.

[@daneelolivaw602]

@@wesleynash2598 "Deadly to merchant shipping and the" ROYAL NAVY, really? it didn't sink a single ounce of merchant shipping, and scored a million to one chance on HOOD, and after that battle with HOOD and Prince of Wales, it did not hit another RN ship, not one.

[@akshatkumar4794]

Still so modern in 1940s

[@Josefgobels]

They were ahead of their time..

[@daneelolivaw602]

@@Josefgobels Bismarck had a WW1 era hull design, and an outdated armour layout. The 15 year old HMS Rodney a more modern layout than Bismarck.

[@juanpb4078]

My youngest brother Juan resides at 206 S. Post Spokane,Washington ......Why doesn't the staff at the Spokane Veterans Administration Hospital help American/European Union citizens who just happen to be black?.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Oh please just take your agenda elsewhere where its more appreciated.

[@user-lh3iw7tg7q]

Rare footage? Hmmm ...

[@nikolajanackovic6031]

Somehow every Bolt Thrower stuff (in this case, i would go with "When Cannons Fade" goes much better with WWII videos than any Sabaton song.

[@therightarmofthefreeworld4703]

Perhaps because Sabaton are shit and Bolt Thrower are great.

[@doctorhunter5553]

is it just me or do i find it sad for both sides especially when i think of hood and bismarck in azur lane

[@douglasgray1648]

One British seaman said there is a bond among all naval men which transcends nationality; he felt for the Germans going down, thought of them more as fellow seamen than the enemy.

[@MrWilhelm76]

well the video of the hood's end would be shorter than any advertisment buahahahah

[@daneelolivaw602]

Knuckle dragger.

[@Manisha_Keshri]

I really like Kms Bismarck it was weaker than ijn Yamato but I like Bismarck more

[@wesleynash9385]

Bismarck = 41,700 tons Yamato= 70,000 tons Big boys for sure

[@daneelolivaw602]

Bismarck was at sea for eight days before it was sunk, 8 days.

[@minhthunguyendang9900]

4:37 -> 4:38 The split second HMS Hood exploded 💥

[@YYUTESARK_CLAN]

🦾🇬🇧🇫🇷

[@HMEDDJO]

bizmark 💪💪🦾🦾🤜 hod

[@daneelolivaw602]

HMS Rodney 💪💪💪. HOOD 👼🙏🙏🙏

[@sensha5470]

I wish they didn't at the stupid droning music over it

[@lanehensley8988]

But yet Nazis got beatn

[@gabrielvalentine776]

she was a good ship

[@daneelolivaw602]

It was sunk on it's FIRST operational mission that lasted 8 days.

[@tj1923]

my grandads ship sunk the bismark

[@dladdict6285]

Bismarck was scuttled bruh

[@wesleynash9385]

Partly both bismark knew with a damaged rudder and half the royal navy closing in with the prinz eugen out of sight and limping back to france and severe damage it was the end for it Germans scuttled her to keep from being boarded by the British and tried to keep from other casualties by declaring abandon ship

[@daneelolivaw602]

@@dladdict6285 Bismarck was beaten to a pulp bruh. It WAS sinking. bruh. The fact that it might have been hastened by scuttling, also meant that the hundreds of men still trapped below decks and struggling to get out were murdered by their own people. bruh.

[@villy8778]

The number of vessels and aircraft behind one single ship… Doesn’t seem fair fight and only proved Royal Navy was far inferior

[@kettlehead7187]

It's war. Why on earth would you fight fair? 😂

[@wesleynash9385]

Nothing "unfair" about it as long as everyone operated their ships and kept tonnage within around 40-70 thousan tons and stuck to the Washington naval peace treaty after ww1 it was all game back then you had to out think and out maneuver them in reality the Germans had disadvantages such as the tirpitz class battle ships were the toughest of the German navy with bismarks rudder destroyed and poor range guns it was actually am easy target and nearly impossible it hide on SOSIS networks of the pacific and with bismarck sunk the tirpitz was.kept in Mediterranean waters to avoid attacks and was saved for emergencies war purpose only besides tirpitz was the prinz eugen and it alone was a heavy destroyer.... in warfare such as this there is no "fair" there is only out think.....

[@villy8778]

@@wesleynash9385 "Fairness" in the sense of 1 to 1 battle. Self explanatory...

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

​@@villy8778 You stupidly think war involves "fairness". Germany VERY much liked being "unfair" herself. Of ALL the countries she invaded during WW2 the Germans made only a SINGLE legal declaration of war (that was against the USA). She MUCH preferred to launch unannounced attacks on mostly unsuspecting countries. When it came to naval "fairness" nazi Germany REPEATEDLY chose to secretly ignore prewar naval treaties limiting force and ship sizes which other nations adhered to. If you're looking for "fairness" little cherub, I suggest you go watch a crown green bowls match.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@villy8778 PS As for the "Inferior" RN, both the Nelson class & KGV class battleships sported SUPERIOR armour & SUPERIOR firepower to the Bismarcks. The Nelsons were completed 13 years before Bismarck and yet still carried heavier armour and firepower in a package 30% lighter that the medicore German battleships.

[@stylembonkers1094]

Bad pay and conditions.