KMS Bismarck was Germany’s first large battleship constructed after World War I. The first pieces of the ship were laid down on July 1, 1936, three years before the start of World War II.

Notably, the German battleship Bismarck—named for famed German chancellor and military strategist Otto von Bismarck—was the ...

Although written from the German perspective, the book by no means distorts the story of the ship or her adventures, and the British side of the events is well covered. Although it suffers from ...

Although some tables providing data on the ships involved would have been useful, Hunt the Bismarck is an excellent treatment of these events, worthwhile reading even for those already well-grounded ...