Laliyini ibutho lempi iBismarck?
Context:I-Bismarck yayiyisona sokuqala kwezimbili ze-Bismarck-class battleships ezakhelwe i-Kriegsmarine yaseJalimane yamaNazi. Eqanjwe ngoChancellor Otto von Bismarck, umkhumbi wabekwa phansi e-Blohm & Voss shipyard eHamburg ngoJulayi 1936 futhi wethulwa ngoFebhuwari 1939. Umsebenzi waqedwa ngo-August 1940, lapho efakwa emkhunjini waseJalimane. IBismarck kanye nomkhumbi wayo odadewabo iTirpitz kwakuyimikhumbi yempi enkulu kunazo zonke eyake yakhiwa yiJalimane, futhi emibili yemikhumbi yempi enkulu kunazo zonke eyakhiwe yinoma yimuphi umbuso waseYurophu.  Phakathi nezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili zomsebenzi wemikhumbi yempi, iBismarck yaqhuba umsebenzi owodwa kuphela wokuhlasela owathatha izinsuku ezingu-8 ngoMeyi 1941, owawunegama eliyimfihlo elithi Rheinübung. Lo mkhumbi, kanye nomkhumbi-mkhumbi onzima iPrinz Eugen, kwakufanele ungene e-Atlantic Ocean futhi uhlasele imikhumbi yama-Allied esuka eNyakatho Melika iye eGreat Britain. Le mikhumbi emibili yabonwa izikhathi eziningana ngaphandle kweScandinavia, futhi amabutho asolwandle aseBrithani athunyelwa ukuvimba indlela yayo. E-Battle of the Denmark Strait, i-battlecruiser i-HMS Hood ekuqaleni yahlasela i-Prinz Eugen, mhlawumbe ngephutha, kuyilapho i-HMS Prince of Wales yahlasela i-Bismarck. Empini eyalandela iHood yacekelwa phansi ngomlilo ohlanganisiwe kaBismarck noPrinz Eugen, okwathi kwalimaza iPrince of Wales futhi kwaphoqa ukuba ibuyele emuva. IBismarck yalimala ngokwanele ngenxa yokushaywa kathathu yiPrince of Wales ukuze iphoqe ukuqeda umsebenzi wokuhlasela.  Ukubhujiswa kweHood kwabangela ukuba iRoyal Navy ilandele umshayeli wayo ngokungakhathali, ihlanganisa inqwaba yemikhumbi yempi. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, ebheke eFrance ukuze alungise izinto, iBismarck yahlaselwa ngamabhomu angu-15 e-Fairey Swordfish avela kumthwali wezindiza i-HMS Ark Royal; omunye washayeka okwenza igiya lokushayela lempi lingasebenzi. Empini yakhe yokugcina ngakusasa ekuseni, iBismarck eyayisivele ikhubazekile yahlaselwa yimikhumbi yempi emibili yaseBrithani kanye nezinqola ezimbili ezisindayo, futhi yalimala kakhulu futhi yalahlekelwa kakhulu. Lo mkhumbi wacwiliswa ukuze kuvinjelwe ukuthi ungene amaNgisi, futhi uvumele umkhumbi ukuba ushiywe ukuze kuncishiswe ukulimala okwengeziwe. Ochwepheshe abaningi bayavuma ukuthi umonakalo wempi wawuyobangela ukuba ekugcineni umkhumbi ucwile.  Le nqwaba yatholakala ngoJuni 1989 nguRobert Ballard, futhi kusukela lapho yahlolwa ngokwengeziwe ngamanye amaqembu amaningi.
I-Bismarck kwakuyisikebhe sempi esakhelwe i-German Navy eMpini Yezwe Yesibili. Ngemuva kokubhekana nokuhlaselwa lapho asiza khona ukucwilisa umkhumbi i-HMS Hood i-Bismarck yaba yisisulu esiphambili se-British Navy futhi yacwiliswa amabutho aseJalimane ngemuva kokulimala kabi ngemuva kwezinyanga eziyi-8 kuphela zesevisi.