How the Royal Navy Hunted Down the Bismarck
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Published5 months ago
Duration13:21
Video IDMAd8NbZ8TwQ
Languageen-GB
CategoryEducation
PrivacyPublic
Made for KidsNo
Video TypeRegular Video
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Views35K
Likes1.8K
Comments106
Engagement Rate5.57%
Likes per 100 views5.27
Comments per 1K views3.03
Description
In this video, IWM Curator Ian Kikuchi follows the Royal Navy’s relentless pursuit across the Atlantic that led to the destruction of Germany’s most feared battleship: Bismarck.
00:00 The Bismarck
01:43 Spotting Bismarck
03:03 The Battle of Denmark Strait
04:50 Bismarck Hit and Sets Course for France
06:12 HMS Victorious Launches an Air Strike
07:33 Swordfish Attack
09:26 The Final Battle
11:09 HMS Dorsetshire rescues German Sailors
12:32 The Royal Navy's Victory
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German battleship Bismarck with Nazi flag, 1941 from Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Kapitän Ernst Lindemann, Bundesarchiv, Bild 101II-MN-1361-21A / Winkelmann / CC-BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/
The German Battleship Bismarck in 1940, Bundesarchiv, Bild 193-04-1-26 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/
Schlachtschiff Bismarck, Bundesarchiv, Bild 193-05-2-07A / CC-BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/
Schlachtschiff Bismarck, 1939, Bundesarchiv, Bild 193-30-5-34A / CC-BY-SA 3.0
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