Thread: Bismarck

I think I first heard of the Bismarck from the Johnny Horton song "Sink The Bismarck."

I didn't realize that there was a controversy over her sinking involving the allegation that she was scuttled by her crew after being damaged by the British shelling.

When a Bismarck survivor the late Baron von Müllenheim-Rechberg was asked for his opinion on the controversy in a British TV interview he said, "Both sides sank the Bismarck."

Have you seen - "The Battle of Hood & Bismarck" ? on Discovery Channel Sunday Night just gone. They sent a deep sea underwater camera sub down to the wreck. It would seem that British Torpedoes did more damage than first thought. I believe it was the cruiser HMS Dorsetshire that had the final job of sending Torpedoes in to the crippled Battleship before it sank.

I never knew about the controversy either. Did he happen to state in the interview as to why? I would have loved to have seen the show on Discovery. I am actually surprised that I missed it. I tend to watch the Discovery channel quite a bit. Maybe they will reshow it?

Originally Posted by brandon05

I never knew about the controversy either. Did he happen to state in the interview as to why? I would have loved to have seen the show on Discovery. I am actually surprised that I missed it. I tend to watch the Discovery channel quite a bit. Maybe they will reshow it?

I wonder if that documentary is available (legally) online?

It seems like more and more shows are putting episodes in online archives now.

You can buy it

Play.com

Ciao.co.uk

Amazon.co.uk

It was the song that I knew first, as well, and when I was about 14 or 15, I bought the plastic model and spent quite some time working on that. It's long since disappeared in a move, but it was quite the ship. I wouldn't mind seeing that documentary myself one of these days.

I have seen the documentary but never heard the song ! So, for any others in the same boat as me [groan], here it is !

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Great song, but us Brits will smile at the opening words:

"In May of 1941 the War had just begun"

Originally Posted by Dave

I have seen the documentary but never heard the song ! So, for any others in the same boat as me [groan], here it is !

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Great song, but us Brits will smile at the opening words:

"In May of 1941 the War had just begun"

GrrrrrrrrGrrrrrrrrr

Here are a few rare color photos of Hitler inspecting the Bismarck-and from the collection ;-))

Be back in a few with the photos

Hitler on the Bismarck: The Naval officer with back to the camera is Kontoradmiral Lutjens.