Bismarck sunk

May 27, 1941

The pride of the German navy, the battleship Bismarck, broke out into the Atlantic, sank HMS Hood in minutes, and was hunted down by the entire British fleet. A single lucky torpedo jammed her rudder. The next morning she was pounded to a burning hulk and scuttled. Fifteen hundred German sailors died. The U-boats would now carry the fight alone.