Today in History

May 27, 1941
Hitler’s pride takes a hit
The German battleship Bismarck, having sunk the British battlecruiser HMS Hood, is hotly pursued for days by the Royal Navy. Torpedoed from the air and bombarded by British destroyers, it sinks, May 27, 1941. The wreck of the Bismarck is discovered by Robert Ballard in 1989.



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It's Over

We asked readers to tell us where they were and how they reacted to the news that World War II had ended. And what a response we got!




 



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