Bismarck

The author of Blitzkrieg covers one of the most dramatic events of the Second World War in an “outstanding book about naval warfare” ( World War II History ). When the German battleship Bismarck —a masterpiece of engineering, well-armored with a main artillery of eight 15-inch guns—left the port of Gotenhafen for her first operation on the night of May 18, 1941, the British battlecruiser Hood and the new battleship Prince of Wales were ordered to find her quickly, as several large convoys were h