The medals of a fearless Second World War airman who survived a “suicidal dash” over the English Channel have been put up for ...

What You Need to Know: In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck proved formidable, sinking HMS Hood and damaging Prince of ...

Naval War College Review, Vol. 72, No. 1 (Winter 2019), pp. 89-145 (57 pages) The pursuit and sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941 constituted one of the largest fleet-versus-fleet ...

Germany’s first chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, has been branded a coloniser by protesters who toppled and vandalised a monument dedicated to him in Frankfurt. Pictures showed the 125-year-old ...

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The ship was sunk in 1941 by the German battleship Bismarck, with the loss of all but three of the 1,418 crew. The laying of the keel for HMS Hood got under way at John Brown Shipyard in Clydebank ...

The Huckleberry House restaurant in Bismarck is part of The Landing, which was built by the former Fort Abraham Lincoln ...

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Dr Helene von Bismarck is a historian, author and political commentator specialising in British history and politics. She lives in Hamburg, Germany, but has been a very regular visitor to the UK since ...