On May 20, while moving toward Norwegian waters near Sweden, the Bismarck, Prinz Eugen and their escort ships, were spotted by a Swedish cruiser, the Gotland around 1 P.M. This was exactly what ...

The Bismarck battleship, accompanied by a smaller cruiser, Prinz Eugen, first landed in German-occupied Norway. After refueling, they headed towards Iceland and then to open waters of the Atlantic.

On May 18, 1941, Bismarck and its escort, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, embarked on Operation Rheinübung, a campaign to sink Allied shipping in the North Atlantic and knock Britain out of the ...

Prinz Eugen was a marvel of German naval engineering from the 1930s, renowned for her advanced design and capabilities. She played a key role in World War II, most notably in the Battle of the ...

A German naval officer on the Prinz Eugen gives a careful account of the pursuit and sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941. Das Geheimnis Der "Bismarck." | Foreign Affairs ...

Setting out from Gotenhafen (modern day Gdynia) with a crew of over 2000 men on 19 May 1941, Bismarck made for the Danish Straits escorted by Prinz Eugen and three destroyers.

Dabei kommen 1.400 Soldaten ums Leben. Die "Prinz of Wales" wird ebenfalls leicht getroffen, das Partnerschiff der "Prinz Eugen", "Bismarck", sinkt drei Tage später.

The Bismarck spent the eight months following its commission in the eastern Baltic, and in mid-May 1941, under the command of Admiral Lutjens, the Bismarck and the cruiser Prinz Eugen broke out ...

A photograph of the Bismarck taken from the Prinz Eugen in Norwegian waters on May 21, 1941. The dazzle camouflage stripes had not yet been painted out, nor had the false bow waves.