James Cameron's Expedition Bismarck (documentary)

[Neil]

Interesting stuff!

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[EvilNed]

Looks interesting.

I probably won't watch it.

Any documentary about WW2 battleships that open with the phrase "Bismarck was the battleship that could have sunk a nation" and does not refer to the nation that built the battleship itself is just americanized pop history...

[shootemindehead]

"Bismarck was the battleship that could have sunk a nation"

What exactly is that supposed to mean? If they mean to weave a fiction that the Bismarck could somehow defeat Britain on her own, well that's demonstrable rubbish. The entire UBoat campaign never even came close to achieving that target. So, one ship certainly wouldn't.

BTW, if anyone wants to read a good read about the Bismarck, Ludovic Kennedy's book will do. He served on HMS Tartar, a Tribal Class Destroyer and one of the ships tasked with the German battleship through the Denmark Straits.

[Neil]

Don't be too harsh on the tag line...

At the very least the documentary actually looks at the wreck for information etc...