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go full speed ahead against the British. The operation was decided to go ahead so the Bismarck would have time to reach the atlantic and con and attack enemy convoys at will. This did not happen.... | |
| The idea was to send a powerful battle group comprised of the battleships Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau into the Atlantic to attack Allied merchant shipping. Delays and bombings left the three ships not available for service. The Bismarck however was in full service and ready to |