The Bismarck class was the apex—and the end—of German battleship development. Construction began started in 1936, shortly after Hitler had wrangled concessions out of England on the size and ...

Battlecruisers were a unique class of warship designed to combine the heavy guns of a battleship with the speed of a cruiser, a compromise achieved by sacrificing armor protection. -This “speed is ...

Nazi Germany's two Bismarck-class battleships were the most imposing it built during World War II. The threat they posed to convoys and warships made them a special target for the Allies.

The Bismarck -class battleships were the largest surface ships built by Germany before and during the Second World War. Germany had been prohibited by the Treaty of Versailles to build warships ...

For three days last weekend, the brand new 35,000-ton German battleship Bismarck was mistress of the seas. Against seemingly heavy odds, she had blown to bits Britain's largest warship, the ...

Sleek, fast, and heavily armed, Bismarck was the newest battleship of the German Navy. She carried eight 15-inch main guns in four main turrets, two forward and two aft.