The author of a new book on the sinking of the Bismarck looks at the brutal reality of the famous clash between steel giants at sea during the Second World War.
It is the 80th anniversary of the Bismarck Action this May and, despite the passing of the decades, the myth of an invincible German battleship holding off the British who cannot sink her remains in some quarters. The sinking of the Bismarck was not down to...