From what I remember from binging videos a few years ago, the whole thing with the Bismark was that if it got to the Atlantic, it would wreck shipping and be much much harder to find and sink, so they had to really push to get it before. I might be completely wrong though.
This is it. They had to get it before it was in open ocean. This is pre-radar and there would be no aerial observations. It would have to be found by visual contact and coordination would be by radio.
From what I remember from binging videos a few years ago, the whole thing with the Bismark was that if it got to the Atlantic, it would wreck shipping and be much much harder to find and sink, so they had to really push to get it before. I might be completely wrong though.
This is it. They had to get it before it was in open ocean.
This is pre-radarand there would be no aerial observations. It would have to be found by visual contact and coordination would be by radio.On the contrary, they had radar. That’s how they found Bismarck: Swordfish with ASV II sets.
My bad. I was remembering the spotting of the oil slick and forgetting other stuff.