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--The German Navy battleship Bismarck was laid down in July 1936, launched in February 1939, and put into service in August 1940.
――The ship is named after [Otto von Bismarck], who was the driving force behind the unification of Germany.
--On May 24, 1941, the battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were advancing through the Danish Strait, and the units of the battleship Hood and the battleship Prince of Wales approached from the south, and the Battle of the Denmark Strait was held. increase.
--In this naval battle, the British side was evacuated from the battle area due to damage to the cruise battleship Hood Todoroki and the battleship Prince of Wales.
--On the German side, the battleship Bismarck was hit and flooded more than 2000 tons and the fuel tank was damaged, making it impossible to continue the operation.
--The Royal Navy plans an operation to revenge the battleship Bismarck and infuse almost all of the large ships that can be moved against the sinking of the cruise battleship Hood.
-Because the battleship Bismarck is also damaged, while sailing alone to France after parting with the fellow ship Prinz Eugen, it will be attacked by a British aircraft carrier-based aircraft and will enter into battle with the British ships that are rushing in one after another.
--The battleship Bismarck received about 400 hits in the 88-minute battle, fires broke out throughout the ship, and finally Bismarck's Deputy Captain Yales ordered Bismarck to scuttle. Around the same time, a torpedo from the heavy cruiser Dorsetshire hit and was sunk by the lightning strike.

――The kit includes 52 plastic parts (1 transparent canopy for seaplane), 8 etched parts, 8 metal barrels, 5 copper wires for mast, and 2 resin parts.


Item Size/Weight : 39 x 14.3 x 5.5 cm / 455g

Product Specifications

Country

Germany

Item code

FLYFH1132S

JAN code

6921970400925

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