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Bismarck: How Britain Sank The Feared German Battleship


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On 27 May 1941, HMS
Dorsetshire sent the following signal to the commander-in-chief of the Home Fleet: “Torpedoed
Bismarck both sides before she sank. She had ceased ring, but her colours were still flying.”
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So ended the German battleship
Bismarck’s only operational sortie, which had begun from the Polish coastal city of Gotenhafen (modern-day Gdynia) just over a week before. The dramatic story has been told and retold in books, documentaries, a feature film – and even a country and western song. But the truth remains, perhaps, the most compelling account of all.
Bismarck was launched in February 1939. Weighing in at over 50,000 tons when fully loaded, she displaced more than any other European battleship in service; she was fast, well-protected and heavily armed. When Burkard von Müllenheim-Rechberg joined Bismarck in June 1940 as fourth gunnery officer and personal adjutant officer to the ship’s captain ....

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Orkney's Italian Chapel: The Metal Heart by Caroline Lea


The Italian Chapel on Lamb Holm, Orkney. Picture: Robert Plattner/Getty
WHEN writing her novel set in Orkney and inspired by wartime events, Caroline Lea found herself captivated by the story of the Italian Chapel that stands on the small uninhabited island of Lamb Holm.
The Metal Heart, published later this month, draws on the real-life history behind the building – famously made from two Nissen huts joined end-to-end – with its distinctive whitewashed facade and highly ornate, hand-painted interior.
The chapel, created by the Italian prisoners-of-war brought to Orkney during the Second World War to construct the Churchill Barriers in Scapa Flow, has since become a much-beloved symbol of peace and hope. ....

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