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Originally Posted by FlameOn
Only cuz Bismarck couldn't run away and was overwhelmed by multiple ships. Her rudder was hit and destroyed by Royal Navy aircraft torpedoes and she was basically stuck going in circles. i.e. large stationary target. All Bismarck's hull armor protection was useless when the rudder was so poorly protected. A design flaw akin to the whole battlecruiser design philosophy and a perfect example of the decline of big gun warships in favor of aerial naval power.
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Yeah, talk about an Achilles heel...the ship absorbed over 400 shell hits and it still only sank after torpedoes and the crew scuttling it. Similar to the Japanese Yamato in terms of the unbelievable punishment it withstood.