Chii chakanga chiri ngarava yehondo yeBismarck?
Context:Bismarck aiva wokutanga maviri Bismarck-kirasi dzehondo yakavakwa nokuda Kriegsmarine Nazi Germany. Yakapiwa zita raChancellor Otto von Bismarck, ngarava yacho yakaiswa paBlohm & Voss shipyard muHamburg muna July 1936 uye yakatangwa muna February 1939. Basa racho rakapedzwa muna August 1940, apo rakapiwa basa muzvikepe zveGermany. Bismarck nechikepe chake chehanzvadzi Tirpitz ndidzo dzaiva ngarava dzehondo dzakakura kupfuura dzose dzakambovakwa neGermany, uye mbiri dzezvakakura kupfuura dzose dzakavakwa nenyika ipi neipi yokuEurope.  Mukati memwedzi misere yebasa rengarava yehondo, Bismarck yakaita basa rimwe chete rekurwisa rakagara mazuva masere muna Chivabvu 1941, zita rekuti Rheinübung. Ngarava yacho, pamwe chete nengarava inorema yainzi Prinz Eugen, yaifanira kupinda muAtlantic Ocean ndokupamba ngarava dzeAllied dzaibva kuNorth America dzichienda kuGreat Britain. Ngarava mbiri idzi dzakaonekwa kanoverengeka pedyo neScandinavia, uye zvikwata zvengarava zveBritain zvakaendeswa kunodzivisa nzira yadzo. Muhondo yeDenmark Strait, ngarava yehondo HMS Hood yakatanga kurwisa Prinz Eugen, zvimwe nekukanganisa, nepo HMS Prince of Wales yakarwisa Bismarck. Muhondo yakatevera Hood yakaparadzwa nemoto wakabatanidzwa weBismarck naPrinz Eugen, uyo akabva akanganisa Prince weWales ndokumanikidza kudzoka kwake. Bismarck yakakuvadzwa zvakakwana nekurohwa katatu naMuchinda weWales kumanikidza kupera kwebasa rokupamba.  Kuparadzwa kweHood kwakakonzera kuti Royal Navy itange kumutsvaka isingaregi ichishandisa ngarava dzehondo dzakawanda. Mazuva maviri gare gare, achienda kuFrance kuti agadzirise, Bismarck akarwiswa ne15 Fairey Swordfish torpedo mabhomba kubva kune anotakura ndege HMS Ark Royal; mumwe akarova iyo yakaita kuti ngarava yehondo isashande. Muhondo yake yokupedzisira mangwanani akatevera, Bismarck akanga atova akaremara akarwiswa nengarava mbiri dzehondo dzeBritain nengarava mbiri dzinorema, uye akakuvadzwa zvakakomba uye kurasikirwa kukuru noupenyu. Ngarava yacho yakanyudzwa kudzivirira kuti isatakwe nemaBritish, uye kubvumira ngarava kuti isiyiwe kuitira kuti isanyanya kurasikirwa. Nyanzvi zhinji dzinobvumirana kuti kukuvadzwa muhondo kungadai kwakakonzera kuti igume yanyura.  Matongo acho akawanikwa muna June 1989 naRobert Ballard, uye kubvira ipapo akaongororwazve nedzimwe nzendo dzinoverengeka.
Bismarck yakanga iri ngarava yehondo yakavakirwa mauto ehondo eGermany muHondo Yenyika II. Mushure mokurwisa kumwe kwakabatsira kunyudza ngarava HMS Hood, Bismarck yakava chinangwa chikuru cheBritish Navy uye yakanyudzwa nemauto eGermany mushure mekukuvadzwa kunoparadza mushure memwedzi 8 chete yekushumira.