The controversy over the Bismarck has become a battleground itself, with historians and explorers lining up to defend or debunk the accepted interpretation. The sinking was a particular point of ...

A grainy image taken by a Spitfire pilot flying at 25,000ft (7,600m) led to one of the most significant incidents of World War Two - the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. The photograph ...

It was one of a number of connections Scotland had with the sinking of the pride of the Nazi navy on 27 May 1941. British Intelligence already knew that Bismarck on 18 May, which had slipped out ...

GEORGE WHALLEYwrites about his experience at the sinking of the BISMARCK: “I was twenty-fire, a sublien tenant serving with the Royal Nary; it was less than a year sinceI had joined the service.

Credit: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/Press Association Images A collection of photographs from a young sailor who served on a Second World War aircraft carrier involved in the run-up to the sinking of ...

At this time we were crossing the Germans’ path, ahead of them, while 125 miles back, Rodney was joining Tovey. We then got a message from Renown to find and shadow the Bismarck, so off we went, while ...

The British ended Germany’s surface threat forever with the sinking of the Bismarck on May 27, 1941. As for Hitler, he was strangely detached from the loss, being only weeks away from invading ...

Sixty years ago, the sinking of the German battleship, the Bismarck, marked a turning point in World War Two. It was one of the most dramatic sea battles of the war. In May 1941, British forces ...