3 Key Points: The Bismarck, Germany's pride and the largest battleship built in Europe, was launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1940, only to meet a tragic end within eight months of service.

But no matter how well-built it was, that didn’t stop it from going down just a week into its fighting career. This is the story of the KMS Bismarck. German Federal ArchivesBismarck under ...