 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Ero ti Iṣẹ Rheinübung : Rhine Exercise ni fún Bismarck, lábẹ ìdarí Kapitän zur See Ernst Lindemann, àti ọkọ òkun Prinz Eugen, lábẹ ìdarí Kapitän zur See Helmuth Brinkmann, láti wọ inú Òkun Àtìláńtíìkì kí wọn sì kọlu ọkọ òkun Allied. Großadmiral Erich Raeders orders to the Chief-of-Fleet Admiral Günther Lütjens were that the objective of the Bismarck is not to defeat enemies of equal strength, but to tie them down in a delaying action, while preserving the combat capacity as much as possible, so as to allow Prinz Eugen to get at the merchant ships in the convoy and The primary target in this operation is the enemys merchant shipping; enemy warships will be engaged only when that objective makes it necessary and it can be done without excessive risk. Awọn aṣẹ ti Großadmiral Erich Raeder fun Olori-ọba ọkọ oju-omi Admiral Günther Lütjens ni pe idi ti Bismarck kii ṣe lati ṣẹgun awọn ọta ti o ni agbara kanna, ṣugbọn lati so wọn mọlẹ ni igbese idaduro, lakoko ti o tọju agbara ija bi o ti ṣee ṣe, lati jẹ ki Prinz Eugen lati de ọdọ awọn ọkọ oju-omi ni ọkọ oju-omi 