NSA
12 SEPTEMBER 2005
DOCID: 4157016(U//-FOUO) History Today - 12 September 2005Run Date: 09/12/2005(U) In May 1941, the British Royal Navy faced one of the most serious challenges to itsdominance in World War 11. The German battleship Bismarck had broken out of the Baltic intothe North Atlantic, where it posed a considerable threat to the convoys that were Britain's lifeline.(U) Bismarck defeated a British naval detachment consisting of HMS Hood and HMS Prince ofWales, destroying the Hood and crippling Prince of Wal...
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