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The Hunt for Bismarck: 55 British Ships Hunted Down German Pride, Driven by Revenge

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85 years ago, the British fleet destroyed the German battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic. The merciless battle on the high seas claimed the lives of more than three and a half thousand German and British men. When Bismarck sank the largest British warship, the Hood, with 1,418 sailors on board, three days before its own destruction, the British navy organized a real hunt for it: a total of 55 ships chased it, which showered it with shells before…
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85 years ago, the British fleet destroyed the German battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic. The merciless battle on the high seas claimed the lives of more than three and a half thousand German and British men. When Bismarck sank the largest British warship, the Hood, with 1,418 sailors on board, three days before its own destruction, the British navy organized a real hunt for it: a total of 55 ships chased it, which showered it with shells before…

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Deník.cz broke the news on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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