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I'm 99.99% sure it must be HMS Bismarck
Here's three WWII factoids that should rise you eyebrow.
- In the final year of the WWII, Nazi Germany's fleet of only jet fighter planes (you read it right, JET fighter planes) was bigger than the entire number of aircrafts Britain managed to mobilise during Battle of Britain. Yet somehow they barely managed to use any of them.
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I am no war guru but I would expect this was due to lack of trained pilots,
Here's three WWII factoids that should rise you eyebrow.
- Many ships, (including Titanic sister ship Britanic) used dazzle razzle camouflage. Look it up, war movies won't show you that.
- In the final year of the WWII, Nazi Germany's fleet of only jet fighter planes (you read it right, JET fighter planes) was bigger than the entire number of aircrafts Britain managed to mobilise during Battle of Britain. Yet somehow they barely managed to use any of them.
- Despite common misconception, Adolf had blue eyes.
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Plus the Germans were short of fuel, the jets required a lot of maintenance (such as regular engine changes) and the allies were able to destroy a lot of them on the ground.
She had two.Wasn't the sister ship of the Titanic called the Olympic?
The Mary Rose sank because of too many heavy guns.
There were three Olympic class liners. Olympic, Titanic and Britannic.Wasn't the sister ship of the Titanic called the Olympic?
There were three Olympic class liners. Olympic, Titanic and Britannic.
According to Wiki, the Olympic was built in 1911, Titanic, 1912, and Britannic 1914, so at the time of the sinking, 1912, Titanic would have had just one "sister" ship.
If this wasn't in question, I apologise.
That's when the ships were launched into service, at the time the Titanic sunk Britannic was already well into construction, it would have launched into service in 1913 had it not been for the Titanic disaster.According to Wiki, the Olympic was built in 1911, Titanic, 1912, and Britannic 1914, so at the time of the sinking, 1912, Titanic would have had just one "sister" ship.
It was a brave person who went on the Britannics maiden voyage!According to Wiki, the Olympic was built in 1911, Titanic, 1912, and Britannic 1914, so at the time of the sinking, 1912, Titanic would have had just one "sister" ship.
If this wasn't in question, I apologise.
I believe it was quite heavily modified!It was a brave person who went on the Britannics maiden voyage!
I believe it was quite heavily modified!