World War II: The <a about="#mwt34" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"warship","href":"./Template:Warship"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"German battleship"},"2":{"wt":"Bismarck"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Bismarck" id="mwuA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German battleship Bismarck" typeof="mw:Transclusion">German battleship<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Bismarck</i></a> is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.