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- LETTERS, Page 6Bismarck's Deadly Career
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- In the item about the discovery of the wreck of the
- Bismarck, Germany's World War II battleship (WORLD, June 26),
- you ignored the short-lived but grisly success of this vessel.
- Three days before it was sunk, the Bismarck took on the pride
- of the British fleet, the battleships Hood and Prince of Wales.
- The Hood was struck by a salvo from the Bismarck and sank like
- a rock, taking with it all but three hands. The Bismarck then
- turned its guns on the Prince of Wales and damaged it severely.
- The skirmish resulted in the deaths of more than 1,400 men.
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- Bill Huchting Chicago
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