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Old 27th May 2016, 08:22   #1
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Default Today in History .

The British Navy sank the pride of the German fleet the Bismarck.

Sadly the Bismarck had sent HMS Hood to the bottom with loss of over a thousand sailors.

75 years ago today .
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Old 27th May 2016, 08:51   #2
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And sadly approx. 2100 men were lost with the Bismarck.
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Old 27th May 2016, 09:05   #3
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Just proves the folly of war for both sides !

Grown men sending young boys to their premature deaths and for what?
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And sadly approx. 2100 men were lost with the Bismarck.
Yes war is hell.

Amazingly this huge war machine was disabled by a bi-plane dropping a torpedo.

It hit the rudder leaving the Bismarck a sitting duck.

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Old 27th May 2016, 09:13   #5
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Just proves the folly of war for both sides !

Grown men sending young boys to their premature deaths and for what?
Tbh I think we had no choice in that particular war, but I do agree in general, without politicians I don't believe we'd see nearly as much war as we have in the last century.

War very rarely solves the problems it is supposed to, it just creates different ones
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Tbh I think we had no choice in that particular war, but I do agree in general, without politicians I don't believe we'd see nearly as much war as we have in the last century.

War very rarely solves the problems it is supposed to, it just creates different ones
Your probably right and Churchhill led us to victory but what a cost on a human scale !

Far too many despot meglamaniacs in this world that somehow come to power and treat their loyal subjects as pawns in their own power mad agendas
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'They gave their today for our tomorrow'.......

That line always makes me well up.
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'They gave their today for our tomorrow'.......

That line always makes me well up.
MMmmmm... and its very true..
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While I concur with most of the antiwar sentiments expressed here, I believe that liberty and independence are so precious that sometimes one has to make a choice whether to stand and fight or submit to tyranny.
There are many in the world who would wish to see us bow the neck to their commands and many moderate muslims are dying or being abused or tortured to satisfy their egomanical desires.

I truly believe in the statement " The price of peace is eternal vigilance".
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Amazingly this huge war machine was disabled by a bi-plane dropping a torpedo.

It hit the rudder leaving the Bismarck a sitting duck.
That is correct, the Bismarck was heavily armoured and excellent underwater torpedo protection, but her anti-aircraft gun for some reason were not able to track the slow moving Swordfish and shoot them down, one torpedo hit the Bismarck on her main belt armour and did nothing, but another struck one of her rudders while the battleship was turning, preventing her setting a course for Brest.

This enabled the battleships HMS Rodney and King George 1V to catch her and bombard her to destruction, even after a heavy pounding Bismarck would not sink until the heavy cruiser Dorsetshire fired torpedos and scuttling charges on Bismarck set off.

Only 3 survivors were left from HMS Hood as her magazines exploded, the Bismarck had about 2200 men on board and only about 100 odds survived, in fact some were left in the water as there was a U boat scare and the ships picking up Bismarcks survivors aborted the rescue.

Heavy loss of life on both HMS Hood and KMS Bismarck.
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