Naval Intelligence, the Atlantic Campaign and the Sinking of the Bismarck: A Study in the Integration of Intelligence into the Conduct of Naval Warfare
@article{Steury1987NavalIT, title={Naval Intelligence, the Atlantic Campaign and the Sinking of the Bismarck: A Study in the Integration of Intelligence into the Conduct of Naval Warfare}, author={Donald P. Steury}, journal={Journal of Contemporary History}, year={1987}, volume={22}, pages={209 - 233} }
eight-month German surface-force campaign against Allied shipping in the Atlantic. In determining the outcome of the 'Bismarck episode', and thus of the German Atlantic campaign, naval intelligence was to play a central role. Although chance and the determination of the Royal Navy were both to influence the course of events, by and large the sinking of the Bismarck was a product of a German command and intelligence failure, one which contrasts starkly with the British success.
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