World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.

German battleship Bismarck

German battleship of World War II

Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched in February 1939. Work was completed in August 1940,…