Sponsored by World of Warships: Legends! Click here ► https://wo.ws/2Q3sMnm to check out the game on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5 or Xbox One X, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. Most of you know about the German battleship Bismarck, its initial battle with HMS Hood and Prince of Wales, its evasion of the British forces until its steering was hit by Swordfish Torpedo bombers from HMS Ark Royal and its ultimate demise. Yet, what rarely gets covered is the strategic and operational aspects behind sending out a battleship into the Atlantic. »» GET OUR BOOK «« » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « BArch, RM 6/1957: Operationen und Taktik: Auswertung wichtiger Ereignisse des Seekrieges. Heft 3: Die Atlantikunternehmung der Kampfgruppe “Bismarck” – „Prinz Eugen“, Mai 1941. Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine: Berlin, Oktober 1942. Garzke, William H.; Dulin Jr, Robert O.; Jurens, William: Battleship Bismarck: A Design and Operational History. Seaforth Publishing: Barnsley, UK, 2019. Mawdsley, Evan: The War for the Seas: A Maritime History of World War II. Yale University Press: New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 2019. Symonds, Craig L.: World War II at Sea. A Global History. Oxford University Press: New York, 2018. German Extended Translation (used for this video) Potter, E.B.; Nimitz, Ch. W.; Rohwer, Jürgen: Seemacht – Von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Kast, Bernhard (ed.); Bergs, Christoph (ed.): The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944. German Army Pamphlet – Merkblatt 25a/16. Deutsch / English. Bernhard Kast: Linz, Austria, 2020. #Sponsored #Bismarck #WhySendTheBismarck