 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ngarava dzose dziri mbiri dzaiva nebasa rakapfupika rokushumira. Bismarck yakaita basa rimwe chete, Operation Rheinübung, rwendo rwokuenda kuNorth Atlantic kunopamba ngarava dzinotakura zvinhu dzinotumirwa kubva kuNorth America kuenda kuGreat Britain. Munguva yebasa racho, rakaparadza ngarava yehondo yeBritain uye rakakuvadza ngarava yehondo itsva muHondo yeDenmark Strait. Bismarck yakakurirwa ndokunyudzwa mukurwisana kwokupedzisira pashure pokudzingirirwa kwamazuva matatu neRoyal Navy. Kusawirirana pamusoro pechikonzero chokunyura kunopfuurira nemanyuko zvikurukuru eBritain anotaura mutoro wokunyura kwechikepe. Uchapupu hwakadzokororwa naRobert Ballard naJames Cameron hunoratidza kuti kurasikirwa kwake kwaive kwakanyanya kukonzerwa nekudonha sekutaurwa kwakatanga kunzi nenhengo dzevashandi vake vakapona. 