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It was really a useless battle. Had Bismarck made it to France, there would have been endless bombing attacks and either badly damaged (like Gneisenau was in Germany) or made it back to Germany with the channel dash and then travel to Norway like Tirpitz where it was a target to the end of the war limited is usefulness due to damage and lack of fuel.

Indeed it was. The age of the battleship was over, unless they were part of a battle group that provided air cover. The Tirpitz sat in a Norwegian fjord for years before the RAF finally managed to sink her.

11 posted on 05/28/2023 3:02:17 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)

Wasn’t Tirpitz destroyed by one of the first experimental guided bombs. It was huge as well as I remember.

13 posted on 05/28/2023 3:11:15 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects )

The main mission of the Bismarck was to get into the Atlantic where it was supposed to wreak havoc on the shipping.