 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna April 1941, Raeder akaronga kutevera kubudirira kweOperation Berlin neOperation Rheinübung, apo Gneisenau,, uye yaizotumirwa kunopinda muNorth Atlantic pasi pehutungamiri hwaAdmiral Günther Lütjens. Usiku hwaApril 1011, 1941, Gneisenau yakakuvadzwa zvikuru nebhomba reBritain iro rakamuisa kunze kwebasa kwemwedzi. Panguva iyoyo, Admiral Lütjens akakurudzira kukanzura oparesheni sezvo kuva nechikepe chimwe chete chine ngarava imwe chete inorema mukutsigira inoshanda yoga muAtlantic yaive nengozi, asi yakarambwa naRaeder, uyo akasimbirira pakuenderera mberi. Chikonzero chikuru chakaita kuti Raeder aenderere mberi neRheinübung kwaiva kuziva kwake nezveOperation Barbarossa, uko Kriegsmarine yaigona kungoita chikamu chiduku zvikuru, uye chido chake chokurova kubudirira kukuru pamberi peBarbarossa iyo ingasimbise kuna Hitler kudiwa kwekusacheka bhajeti yemidziyo mikuru. Lütjens aida Rheinübung kumbomira kusvikira Scharnhorst yapedza kugadziridzwa muna Chikunguru 1941, asi sezvo Barbarossa yaifanira kutanga musi wa22 Chikumi 1941, Raeder akasimbirira kuti basa rienderere mberi muna Chivabvu 1941. Kunyange zvazvo Rheinübung yakaona Bismarck ichinyudza hondo yekurwisa, yakaguma nekunyudza kwe Bismarck. 