On May 18, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck began its first ever combat mission. It was the most powerful ship in Europe ...
Launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1941, the Tirpitz was one of the largest battleships ever built ... the ships of the convoy vulnerable to the German U-Boats prowling the North Sea.
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