The British sent over 60 vessels against this German battleship before it sank on May 27, 1941
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German battleship Bismarck - Wikipedia  Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. ... The two ships were detected several times off Scandinavia, and British naval units were deployed ... bombardment from a British fleet, was scuttled by her crew, and sank with heavy loss of life. ..... over the ship's loudspeakers.
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British vets mark a key fight at sea - tribunedigital-chicagotribune  May 23, 2001 ... Lone German also recalls sinking of Bismarck in 1941 ... airmen, along with one elderly German who had fought against them. ... of the May 27, 1941, sinking of the mighty battleship Bismarck, the pride of Adolf ... But six British ships closed in and sent the Bismarck to the bottom of the Atlantic on May 27.
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Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy - May 27, 1941 - HISTORY.com  On May 27, 1941, the British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the North ... Learning of its movement, Britain sent almost the entire British Home Fleet in pursuit. ... The overloaded Sultana before it sank on April 27, 1865. .... convinced Russian leaders that further resistance against Japan's imperial designs for...
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Should we have sunk the Bismarck? Tormented sailor reveals how ...  May 27, 2011 ... And in two hours the German battleship was a helpless wreck of twisted ... Tommy Byers, a sailor on the British battleship Rodney, maintained until he died that the ship, ... Bismarck view from astern, before her May 1941 breakout to attack ... has been published 70 years after the sinking on May 27, 1941.
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May 27, 1941: Sink the Bismarck! | WIRED  May 27, 2009 ... 1941: The German battleship Bismarck, her steering gear knocked ... finally cornered and sunk by ships and planes from the Royal Navy, ... Norway on May 21 for Operation Rheinbung, its first sortie against enemy merchant shipping. ... badly damaged her before the British ship threw up a smoke screen...
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The Sinking of the Lusitania, 1915 - EyeWitness to History  The sinking of the luxury liner off the Irish coast. ... On May 1, 1915, the ship departed New York City bound for Liverpool. ... the menace of submarine attack reduced her passenger list to only half her ... On May 7, the ship neared the coast of Ireland. At 2:10 in the afternoon a torpedo fired by the German submarine U 20...
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Sinking the Lusitania, Part 2: Death and Blame, May 7, 1915 ...  May 7, 2015 ... Sinking the Lusitania, Part 2: Death and Blame, May 7, 1915 ... U-20 torpedoed the British civilian ship Lusitania on May 7, 1915, ... When the German submarine U-20 torpedoed the British civilian ... Behind the outrage caused by the death of 1,193 people, including 128 Americans, there were questions.
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May 27, 1941: Sink the Bismarck! | WIRED  May 27, 2009 ... 1941: The German battleship Bismarck, her steering gear knocked out by a ... is finally cornered and sunk by ships and planes from the Royal Navy, ending one ... squadrons at sea that Bismarck was breaking out into the North Atlantic. .... What We Know About Friday's Massive East Coast Internet Outage.
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The Bismarck sinks the Hood - May 24, 1941 - HISTORY.com  On this day in 1941, Germany's largest battleship, the Bismarck, sinks the ... The HMS Hood, originally launched in 1918, was Britain's largest battle ... to make for the French coast, but was sighted again only three days later. Torpedoed to the point of incapacity, the Bismarck was finally sunk by a ring of British war ships.
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The Battle for France and the Dunkirk Evacuation May- June 1940 ...  By May 1940 the BEF in Northern France consisted of 10 infantry divisions, ... and an air force of over 500 aircraft, a total force of over 300,000 men. ... it clear that the German plan was to make their major attack through Belgium. .... There would then be a defensive perimeter around Dunkirk to protect the troops at the port...
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Remembering the Battle of Trafalgar - History in the Headlines  Oct 21, 2015 ... Shortly before noon on October 21, 1805, a fleet of 27 Royal Navy warships sliced ... But despite being worn down by his years at sea, Nelson remained Britain's ... sight of his enemy two days later off the coast of Cape Trafalgar. ... 27 ships into two prongs of attackone led by the 100-gun Victory and the...
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German Government's Response to the Sinking of the Lusitania, 28 ...  To support this assertion von Jagow argued that the German government ... Official German Response by Foreign Minister Gottlieb von Jagow, 28 May 1915 ... the Lusitania when she left New York undoubtedly had guns on board which were ... and provide punishment for, the carrying of passengers on ships which have...
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SMS Nrnberg, one of the German ships sunk at the Battle of the ...  SMS Nrnberg, one of the German ships sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands 8th ... HMS Revenge, namesake of her battleship class, WWI dazzle paint job. ... She sank light cruiser SMS Leipzig, thus avenging Monmouth herself (lost ...... German battleship Scharnhorst in 1943) were the best known of the 5 ship class...
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German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee - Wikipedia  Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class "Panzerschiff" (armored ship), nicknamed a "pocket battleship" by the British, which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. ... Between September and December 1939, the ship sank nine ships totaling ... 4 References; 5 Also see; 6 Further reading...
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Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy - May 27, 1941 - HISTORY.com  On May 27, 1941, the British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the ... of war, Britain closely guarded ocean routes from Germany to the Atlantic Ocean, and .... resistance against Japan's imperial designs for East Asia was hopeless.
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Lusitania - World War I - HISTORY.com  When Germany torpedoes a British passenger ship believed to be ... On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I (1914-18) erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route ... Britain, however, was one of America's closest trading partners, and tension...
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Last battle of the battleship Bismarck - Wikipedia  The last battle of the German battleship Bismarck took place in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 300 nmi (350 mi; 560 km) west of Brest, France, on 2627 May 1941. Although it was a decisive action between capital ships, it has no generally ... Determined to avenge the sinking of the "Pride of the Navy" HMS Hood in the...
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Lusitania - World War I - HISTORY.com  U-Boats Sink the Lusitania in 1915 ... On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I (1914-18) erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England. ... and the ship sank off the south coast of Ireland in less than 20 minutes.
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World War Two Ships: Ship Types  The American and Japanese aircraft carriers duelled over a period of five days, ... In the 19th century, fuelled by the industrial revolution, nations began to make ... The British attack on Taranto (where 20 carrier-based aircraft left two battleships ..... Thus the frigate (destroyer escort) was conceived as a small ship that did not...
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German submarine sinks Lusitania - May 07, 1915 - HISTORY.com  Wilson's actions On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner ... the same day, the American liner Housatonic was sunk by a German U-boat. .... of America's first well-known serial killers, is hanged to death in Philadelphia, ... Of 1,959 passengers and crew, 1,198 people were drowned, including 128 Americans.
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Lusitania - World War I - HISTORY.com  When Germany torpedoes a British passenger ship believed to be ... a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route...