 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna May, vaGermany vakagadzira kuvhozhokera kukuru zvikurusa kuna vose: Operation Rheinübung. Ngarava yehondo itsva neyaichinja ngarava yakaiswa mugungwa kuti irwise ngoro dzehondo. Ngarava dzeBritain dzakabata vapambi vacho pedyo neIceland. Muhondo yeDenmark Strait, ngarava yehondo yakaputitswa uye yakanyura, asi Bismarck yakakuvadzwa uye yaifanira kutizira kuFrance. Bismarck yakapotsa yasvika kwayaienda, asi yakaremara nokurwiswa nendege neArk Royal, uye yakanyudzwa neHome Fleet zuva rakatevera racho. Kunyura kwaro kwakaratidzira mugumo wokupamba kwengarava dzehondo. Kuvapo kwenhandare dzendege dzokutsvaka dzokure, zvikurukuru PBY Catalina isingafadzi asi inoshandiswa nenzira dzakawanda, kwakaderedza zvikuru ndege dzokutsvaka dzomumvura. 