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	Denmark - MSN Encarta
		Denmark is a low-lying country of rolling hills, tidy farms, and green moorlands.
		Denmark is a wealthy and thoroughly modern country, and its citizens enjoy one of the highest standards of living in Europe.
		Denmark’s contributions to the arts are numerous, especially in fashion, industrial design, cinema, and literature.
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	Britain.tv Wikipedia - WWII
		The Russians later encircled and captured the German Sixth Army at the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43), decisively defeated the Axis during the Battle of Kursk, and broke the Siege of Leningrad.
		After UK battlecruiser HMS Hood was sunk in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the Royal Navy engaged in a massive hunt across the North Atlantic for Bismarck.
		At the Battle of North Cape, Germany's last battlecruiser, the Scharnhorst, was sunk by HMS Duke of York, HMS Belfast, and several destroyers.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=WWII (8049 words)

	Battle of the Denmark Strait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of the Denmark Strait was a World War II naval engagement between ships of the British Royal Navy and the German Kriegsmarine.
		This, combined with the effects of the battle, left most of her main guns unusable and she broke off the engagement.
		Fourteen of her crew were lost as a result of the battle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait (2085 words)

	HMS Hood
		Following the Battle of Jutland 5000 tons of extra armour and bracing was added.
		She was given a refit in 1930 and was due to be scrapped in 1941.
		During the Battle of Denmark Strait[?] on 24 May 1941, she was hit by a shell fired by the Bismarck which caused the catastrophic explosion of her aft magazines: of the 1,415 crew only three survived.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hm/HMS_Hood.html (647 words)

	Second World War
		The Battle of Britain was over, but the Blitz now began (November 1940-May 1941), a series of nightime raids against most British cities, with Coventry suffering the worst single night of attack (although on a much smaller scale than Allied bombing of Germany later in the war).
		The battle wore down Rommels reserves of fuel and ammo until he was unable to fight, and despite orders from Hitler to hold at all costs Rommel withdrew, pursued by Montgomery along the coast.
		The battle itself was a draw, with both sides losing one carrier, but the Japanese were forced to abandon their advance, a major Allied victory.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/wars_wwII.html (8102 words)

	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Denmark did not resist, but Norway fought back, and was joined by British, French, and Polish (exile) forces landing in support of the Norwegians at Namsos, Åndalsnes, and Narvik.
		On May 24, the German battleship Bismarck sank the battlecruiser HMS Hood in the Battle of the Denmark Strait.
		The battle for Okinawa had shown that an invasion of the Japanese mainland (planned for November), seen as an Okinawa-type operation on a far larger scale, would result in more casualties than the United States had suffered so far in all theatres since the war began.
	www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-World_War_II (8617 words)

	Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In the early morning hours of 24 May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck and cruiser Prinz Eugen steamed southwesterly through the Denmark Strait, shadowed by the British heavy cruisers Suffolk and Norfolk.
		The brief Battle of the Denmark Strait, which lasted only about seventeen minutes from opening shot to "cease fire", caused the Germans to terminate Bismarck's sortie.
		This page features views of the 24 May 1941 Battle of the Denmark Strait, between the German ships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen and the British HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales.
	www.history.navy.mil.cob-web.org:8888 /photos/events/wwii-atl/batlt-41/bismk-c.htm (995 words)

	Denmark Strait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Denmark Strait is a strait between Greenland (northwest) and Iceland (southeast).
		Northeast of the strait lies the island of Jan Mayen.
		In Iceland, this strait is known as Greenland Strait (Grænlandssund).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Denmark_Strait (174 words)

	List of military engagements of World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For example, the Battle of the Atlantic was more or less an entire theatre of war, and the so-called battle lasted for the duration of the entire war.
		Battle of Dieppe - "Operation Jubilee" was an Allied amphibious raid on the German occupied port of Dieppe in France.
		Battle of Stalingrad - City besieged by Paulus' German Sixth Army; from November 23 the Sixth Army is surrounded and destroyed by Soviets; bloodiest battle in history, 1.8 millions dead approx.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_military_engagements_of_World_War_II (1830 words)

	1941 - Battle of Denmark Strait - War Nation (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Battle of the Denmark Strait was a World War II naval engagement fought between the British battleship Prince of Wales, and battlecruiser Hood and the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen which were attempting to break out into the North Atlantic to destroy Allied merchant shipping.
		The German ships were intercepted in the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland by Prince of Wales and Hood on May 24, 1941, Rear Admiral Sir Lancelot Holland commanding.
		After Bismarck's destruction, moves were made to court-martial the captain of the Prince of Wales, John Leach and the Admiral commanding the Suffolk and Norfolk, Frederick Wake-Walker.
	www.warnation.com.cob-web.org:8888 /1941_battle_of_denmark_strait (491 words)

	Battle of the Denmark Strait -- Sinking of HMS Hood
		Battle of the Denmark Strait -- Sinking of HMS Hood
		This page features views of the sinking of the British battlecruiser Hood, during the 24 May 1941 Battle of the Denmark Strait.
		Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-atl/batlt-41/bismk-c3.htm (414 words)

	Project Name bismarck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		While sailing through the Denmark Strait, Bismarck and Prinz Eugen were spotted by the heavy cruiser Suffolk at a distance of 7miles, the heavy cruiser Norfolk joined Suffolk at this time.
		After the battle Prinz Eugen was to stay in the Atlantic, so it could attack the convoys.
		But Admiral Lutjens of The Bismarck decided to head for Saint -Nazaire to carry out repairs to the damage that it had sustained from The Prince Of Wale's.The British were unrelenting in their search for the Bismarck, when she was spotted again, a British Swordfish from the Arkroyal dropped a torpedo damaging the Bismarck's rudders.
	www.wiley4.net /bismarck/bismarck.htm (460 words)

	Channel 4 - Hood v Bismarck - Links
		Contains a history of the battle cruiser and an online picture and photographic library.
		Site includes a four part technical re-examination of the battle cruiser and comprehensive and accurate information on the ballistics and armour penetration capabilities of German guns of the period.
		Details the history of the sinking of the Bismarck and contains photographs of the ships before and during battle.
	www.pbs.org /hood/links (368 words)

	HMS Prince of Wales crew - D E F (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		D/SSX 28435 Died at the Battle of the Denmark Strait (Bismarck)
		D/JX 206256 Died at the Battle of the Denmark Strait (Bismarck)
		P/JX 228378 Died at the Battle of the Denmark Strait (Bismarck)
	www.forcez-survivors.org.uk /biographies/powdef.html (295 words)

	WW2 - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		During the war, millions of Jews, as well as Roma and other groups, were murdered by Germany in a state-sponsored genocide known as the Holocaust.
		On February 19, 1942, Roosevelt signed United States Executive Order 9066, leading to the internment of thousands of Japanese, Italians, German Americans, and some emmingrants from Hawaii who fled after the bombing of Pearl Harbor for the duration of the war.
		The German offensive in the Northern sector was ground down as little progress was made through the Soviet defenses but in the Southern Sector there was a danger of a German breakthrough.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=WW2 (7491 words)

	600 Hood
		Should you desire to portray Hood during her final engagement (and subsequent loss) with the German battleship Bismark in 1941 during the battle for the Denmark Strait, then the Tamiya kit would be your choice.
		Even though the Royal Navy's disastrous experience with battlecruisers during the battle of Jutland, forced a rethink of naval policy, Hood's construction was continued with minor changes (a battlecruiser was basically a large cruiser mounting guns of "battleship" sized caliber.
		HMS Hood, together with the new battleship, HMS Prince Of Wales, engaged the German battleship Bismarck and cruiser Prince Eugen during the battle for Denmark Strait.
	whiteensignmodels.com /brochure/1_600_hood_build1.htm (1985 words)

	The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II--1941
		Battle of Denmark Strait: British battle cruiser HMS Hood is sunk, and battleship HMS Prince of Wales damaged, by German battleship Bismarck (which is damaged by a shell from the latter capital ship) and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen.
		Halsey approves "Battle Order No. 1" (28 November) that declares that Enterprise is operating "under war conditions." "Steady nerves and stout hearts," the carrier's captain concludes, "are needed now." Supporting PBY operations will be carried out from advanced bases at Wake and Midway.
		Damage to the battle line proves extensive, but carriers Enterprise and Lexington (CV-2) are, providentially, not in port, having been deployed at the eleventh hour to reinforce advanced bases at Wake and Midway.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1941.html (16221 words)

	Bismarck's Final Battle - Part 3
		Light was streaming in from holes in the roof armor, where the forward rangefinders had been located, from the riddled port side armor, and from the forward end, where the deck had separated from the vertical 350mm armor.
		At the close ranges at which the battle was fought, the British 14-inch and 16-inch guns were capable of penetrating the main side belt armor, but the side armor/slopes combination appears to have been infrequently penetrated, if at all.
		With the din of battle and the necessity to read the rudder indicator to determine his rudder positions, undoubtedly the helmsman, Quartermaster Hans Hansen of Bismarck, was hard pressed to make the maneuvers ordered by Captain Lindemann during those crucial moments when she was under torpedo attack.
	www.navweaps.com /index_inro/INRO_Bismarck_p3.htm (7560 words)

	German Navy Battleships
		The battle of Jutland (31 May - 1 Jun 1916) strongly suggested that the German formula was right.
		January 1915: Battle of Dogger Bank: This is the first battle between dreadnought type warships.
		24 May 1941: Battle of the Denmark Strait: Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen sink British battlecruiser HMS Hood and damage the battleship HMS Prince of Wales.
	home.att.net /~wellsbrothers/Battleships/GermanBBtable.html (1050 words)

	Prince of Wales HMS Battleship, Repulse, Hood Battlecruisers
		After a brief call on Denmark and Norway in 1923, Hood was flagship on a eleven-month cruise around the World, accompanied by the smaller battlecruiser Repulse and a number of light cruisers.
		She was flagship during the 3 July Mers-el-Kebir battle, the most dramatic and destructive of several incidents in which the British Navy seized, interned, destroyed or attempted to destroy the warships of their recent ally, France.
		In the resulting Battle of the Denmark Strait, one or more of Bismarck's fifteen-inch shells got into Hood's after magazines.
	www.battle-fleet.com /pw/his/hms.htm (1070 words)

	H.M.S. HOOD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Two minutes later, DKM Bismarck responded to Hood' s gunfire and the Battle of Denmark Strait began.
		At 06.00, a gigantic explosion with a thunderous flame ripped the Hood into two and Hood dissappeared.
		In less than ten minutes of battle, Hood was lost..
	www.voodoo.cz /hood (146 words)

	Bismarck - The History - The Battle of the Denmark Strait
		In the early morning of 24 May the German task force maintained a course of 170º at a speed of 27 knots.
		Their angle of approach still made it difficult to see any distinguishing features of the British ships and therefore they could still not be positively identified.
		From Bismarck, Admiral Lütjens issued a report to Group North informing that he was engaged in a battle on port side by Hood and King George V (in reality Prince of Wales).
	www.bismarck-class.dk /bismarck/history/bisdenmarkstraitbattle.html (6707 words)

	List of battles 1901-forward
		1937 Battle of Nanjing - early November to December 13 - Japanese victory after 2 months siege of the capital of Republic of China.
		1943 Battle of Osankarica[?] January 8 Over 200 Germans massacred all 69 men and women of the Pohorje battalion.
		1944 Battle of the Hurtgen Forest[?] Begins in October 6 – Volksturm[?] and German tank unit repulses 8 US infantry regiments and two armored divisions in a 6-month battle.
	www.fastload.org /li/List_of_battles_1901-forward.html (1673 words)

	KBismarck.com - Bismarck Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Two 38.1 cm shells from the Hood land close to the Prinz Eugen during the Iceland Battle in the early morning of 24 May 1941.
		A 35.6 cm shell from the Prince of Wales falls in the proximity of the Bismarck during the Iceland Battle.
		The after turrets "Cäsar" and "Dora" are firing against the Prince of Wales in one of the last salvoes of the battle.
	www.kbismarck.com /photos4.html (255 words)

	Amazon.com: The Loss of the Bismarck : An Avoidable Disaster: Books: Graham Rhys-Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		At the outbreak of war the German's had three 10,000 ton pocket battleships which were in reality cruisers and two 30,000 ton battle cruisers.
		The battle of the Denmark Strait should have been the end of the Germans.
		Not only was the Bismarck sunk but the battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Geneisu were vulnerable to air attack and were repeatedly damaged in French harbors.
	www.amazon.com /Loss-Bismarck-Avoidable-Disaster/dp/1557505330 (1057 words)

	KMS Bismarck Ship Model - WWII German Battleship - 1/350 Scale Mahogany Ship Model
		In the ensuing Battle of the Denmark Strait, Hood blew up and sank.
		She was intermittantly attacked by carrier planes and surface ships, ultimately sustaining a torpedo hit in the stern that rendered her unable to steer effectively.
		She capsized and sank, with the loss of all but 110 of her crew of some 2300 men.
	www.silentthundermodels.com /ship_models/bismarck.html (432 words)

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		They are included because the presence of BBs was vital in the first two, and the last would have been the last time a BB fired on another major warship.
		Vittorio Veneto (with cruisers and destroyers) vs. RN cruiser sqdn.; Battle of Cape Matapan; March 1941.
		Bismarck (with Prinz Eugen) vs. Prince of Wales and Hood; Battle of Denmark Strait; May 24, 1941.
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /~ar075 (735 words)

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