Battleship Bismarck (79 page)

Schmalenbach, Paul, “Admiral Günther Lütjens,”
Atlantische Welt 1967
.

Schmitt, Carl, “Der Führer schützt das Recht,” on Adolf Hitler’s address to the Reichstag on 13 July 1934,
Deutsche Juristen-Zeitung
, 1 August 1934, Munich and Berlin.

Schulze-Hinrichs, Alfred, “Schlachtschiff
Bismarck
und Seemannschaft,”
Marine-Offizer-Verband Nachrichten
, Vol. 17, No. 1 (1968).

Flensbuiger Nachrichten
, 28 August 1939.

Münchner Illustrierte
, 1957: Original statements of
Bismarck
survivors.

The Review of Politics
, (University of Notre Dame) Vol. XII (1950).

Voigt, F. A., “Yalta,”
The Nineteenth Century and After
, No. DCCCXVII, March 1945.

Völkischer Beobachter
, 18 December 1940.

III. Documents

A. Bundesarchiv-Militärchiv, Freiburg:

War Diary of the Battleship
Bismarck
, original and reconstructed.

War Diary of Naval Group Command North, May 1941.

War Diary of Naval Group Command West, May 1941.

Personal Notes of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Grossadmiral Erich Raeder, January through June 1941.

Naval War Staff (Seekriegsleitung), preliminary instructions and operational orders, March 1941 through May 1941.

Naval War Staff, Situation Room Reports, 1941.

Naval War Staff, File “Rheinübung”:
Bismarck
operation, after-action, and final reports.

Naval High Command (Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine), “Die Atlantikunternehmung der Kampfgruppe
Bismarck-Prinz Eugen
, Mai 1941,” Berlin:
Marine-Dienst-Vorschrift
Nr. 601, October 1942.

Preliminary examination of Matrosengefreiter Herzog, Höntzsch, and Manthey on board the
U-74.

Protocol of the statements by
Bismarck
survivors, recorded by Naval Group
Command West, Paris, June 1941:
Matrosengefreiter Georg Herzog
Matrosengefreiter Otto Höntzsch
Matrosengefreiter Walter Lorenzen
Matrosengefreiter Herbert Manthey
Matrosengefreiter Otto Maus War Diary of the
U-74
, 26–29 May 1941

War Diary of the
U-556
, 24–27 May 1941

Report on the operations of the battleship
Bismarck
by Weather Observation Ship 7
[Sachsenwald]
, Leutnant zur See (S) Wilhelm Schütte, 30 May 1941.

BA-MA Freiburg, III M 1005/7 KTB. 1 Ski Teil B V, extracts of various contents, January-June 1943, off-print from
Militäigeschichtliche Mitteilungen
2/1973.

B. Other:

Reports of the German embassy in London, 1937–1939, and report of the German consulate in Glasgow, 1939. Archiv des Aüswärtigen Amtes, Bonn.

“Sinking of the German Battleship
Bismarck
on 27th May, 1941.” Dispatch by Admiral Sir John Tovey, Supplement No. 3 to the
London Gazette
, 14 October 1947.

“Operations and Battle of German Battleship
Bismarck
, 23–27 May 1941.” Narrative and enclosures (A) through (H), Intelligence Division, U.S. Navy Department.

Bock, Karl Heinrich, “Lebensabschnitte 1909–1950,” unpublished.

“The Destruction of
U-202
by Ships of the Second Support Group on the 1st–2nd June 1943,” Ref. ADM 199/1491, Anti U-Boat Division, Naval Staff, 5 July 1943.

Engel, Gerhard, edited and with commentary by Dr. Hildegard von Kotze,
Aufzeichnungen
, Stuttgart, 1974.

Second German Bundestag, 140th Session, 18 April 1956, Inquiry of the Social Democratic Party delegation regarding the speech of Kapitän zur See Zenker at Wilhelmshaven (Publication 2125).

Information on the
U-570
received by the author from the Naval Historical Branch, London, April 1971.

Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Munich, Zs 246 (Heye) and Zs 285 (Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer).

Kennedy, Ludovic, Script of BBC Television documentary “Rheinübung,” March 1971.

People’s Court (Volksgerichtshof), verdict in the case of Günther Paschen, 18 October 1943, 2 J 557/43, 1 L 132/43 and Paschen—FA 117/289, Führerinformation, Nuremberg Document NG-546 (Archive of the Institut für Zeitgeschichte).

Public Archives, Ottawa, Canada

Reichsgesetzblatt Part 1 No. 34 of 7 April 1933.

The Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg 1947, cited as IMT.

IMT XXXVII, pp. 546ff.

Schneider, Otto, “Letzte Begegnung,” unpublished account.

Troubridge, Thomas, Captain, R.N., “Berlin Diary 1936–1939,” unpublished.

West German Radio, “Stärker als Stacheldraht,” transcript of a broadcast, 1963.

Woodward, E. L., ed.,
Documents on British Foreign Policy 1919–1939
, Second Series, Vol. V, London, H.M. Stationery Office 1933.

C. Written and oral statements of
Bismarck
survivors.

IV. Correspondence

Dipl. Ing. Klemens Bartl, Augsburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Captain Robert L. Bridges, USN (Ret), Castle Creek, New York.

Dr. Alfred Eisner, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Herr Joachim Fensch, Weingarten, Federal Republic of Germany.

The Hon. James Galbraith, Jedburgh, Scotland.

Mr. William H. Garzke, Jr., Dumfries, Virginia.

Herr Franz Hahn, Mürwik, Federal Republic of Germany.

Mr. Daniel Gibson Harris, Ottawa, Canada.

Dr. Mathias Haupt, Bundesarchiv Koblenz, Federal Republic of Germany.

Lieutenant Commander B.J. Hennessy, R.N., Durban, South Africa.

Herr Bodo Herzog, Oberhausen, Federal Republic of Germany.

Herr Hans H. Hildebrand, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Herr Konteradmiral a. D. Günther Horstmann, Basel, Switzerland.

Imperial War Museum, London.

Mr. Esmond Knight, London.

Mr. John Love, Newmarket, Suffolk, England.

Dr. Hansjoseph Maierhöfer, Chief Archivist, Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Mr. Philip Mathias, Toronto, Canada.

Mrs. Mary Z. Pain, London.

Fregattenkapitän Dr. Werner Rahn, Mürwik, Federal Republic of Germany.

Professor Dr. Jürgen Rohwer, Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany.

Mr. James Rusbridger, St. Austell, England.

Dr. Hans Ulrich Sareyko, Auswärtiges Amt, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany.

Franz Schad, UnivProf. em., MinDirigent a. D., Hattenhofen, Federal Republic of Germany.

Herr Rolf Schindler, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Fregattenkapitän a. D. Paul Schmalenbach, Altenholz, Federal Republic of Germany.

Vice Admiral B. B. Schofield, Henley-on-Thames, England.

Kapitän zur See a. D. Hans-Henning von Schultz, Ramsau, Federal Republic of Germany.

Mr. George C. Seybolt, Dedham, Massachusetts.

Mr. S. W. Simpson, Shap Wells Hotel, England.

Herr Torsten Spiller,
Deutsche Dienststelle
(WASt), Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.

Mr. Tom Wharam, Cardiff, Wales.

Kapitänleutnant a. D. Herbert Wohlfarth, VS-Villingen, Federal Republic of Germany.

Index

Achilles
, HMS (cruiser),
240

Adams, Friedrich, Stabsoberbootsmann,
250–52n

Adenauer, Konrad,
379

Adler
(cruiser),
15n

Admiral Graf Spec
(armored ship),
77
,
139
,
300

Admiral Hipper
(cruiser),
112
,
123
,
305
,
423

Admiral Scheer
(armored ship),
26

Admiralty,
329
; computes new bearing on the
Bismarck
,
180–81
; details 4th Destroyer Flotilla,
215
; effect of commerce raiding on,
78–79
; notified the
Bismarck
and
Prinz Eugen
in Kattegat,
105–6
,
304–5
; pursuit decisions of,
171

Aengeneyndt, Heinz, Leutnant zur See,
250n

Agar, A.W.S., Captain (RN), commanding HMS
Dorsetshire
,
296

Âgren, Captain, commanding Swedish aircraft-carrying cruiser
Gotland
,
104

Ajax
, HMS (cruiser),
240

Albrecht, Helmut, Korvettenkapitän, second gunnery officer of the
Bismarck:
during battle off Iceland,
136–39
; in destroyer attacks,
218
; in last battle,
250
,
253
,
299–300

Albrecht, King,
62

Anderson, James N. D., Group Captain (RAF),
345

Anglo-German Naval Treaty of 1935,
14
,
16
,
17
,
49
,
323
; Hitler abrogates,
17
,
320

Ark Royal
, HMS (aircraft carrier),
19
,
171
,
173
,
198n
,
202–3
,
230
,
231
,
242
,
260
,
298
; at Oran,
1
; planes attack the
Bismarck
,
206–8

Ascher, Paul, Fregattenkapitän, second staff officer in the
Bismarck
,
239–40

Astaire, Fred,
370

Athenia
, SS (passenger liner), torpedoed by
U
-30,
232n

Axelsen, Viggo,
108
,
305

Ballard, Dr. Robert,
421–22

Balzer, Lothar, Nautischer Assistant,
287

Barbarossa, Operation (invasion of the Soviet Union),
425

Barho, Oskar, Obermaschinist,
168
,
213

Barth, Edvard K.,
108

Beck, Ludwig, General der Artillerie, Chief of the General Staff,
21–22

Beesly, Patrick,
299n
,
449n

Belchen
(tanker),
160

Below, Nicolaus von, Oberst der Luftwaffe,
96

Benediktsson, Bjarni, foreign minister of Iceland,
140n

Berlin Olympics, 1936,
15

Bemdt, Bernhard, Oberleutnant zur See,
346

Bismarck, Prince Otto von,
34
,
50
,
64
,
278–79

Bismarck
(battleship): attacked by aircraft of the
Ark Royal
,
203–8
; attacked by aircraft of the
Victorious
,
166–69
; battle off Iceland with the
Hood
and the Prince
of Wales
,
135–52
,
158–60
; at Blohm & Voss last time,
66
,
68–69
; Captain Lindemann assumes command of,
26
; Captain Lindemann comments on,
48
; Catalina rediscovers,
195–99
; commissioning of,
30–34
; contacts the
Suffolk
and the
Norfolk
,
130–35
; departs from Gotenhafen,
100–101
; departs from Norway,
116
; detachment of the Prinz
Eugen
,
160–63
; dummy stack,
188–92
,
198
; events aboard on 25 May 1941,
182–87
; final trials and training,
70–76
; fires at the
Sheffield
,
209
,
216
; 4th Destroyer Flotilla attacks,
215–21
,
224
; in Grimstadfjord (south of Bergen),
109–16
; heads for Denmark Strait,
116–28
; important characteristics,
35–43
; in last battle,
246–76
; last morning aboard,
235–40
; on way to Norway,
101–9
; operational,
87–100
; plans for first operation,
76–86
,
423–34
; report to duty on,
24
; sea trials and battle practice,
52–60
; the
Sheffield
contacts,
202–5
; sinking of,
277–78
; torpedo damage (
Ark Royal
aircraft attack),
210–14
,
226
,
438–44
; wreck of discovered,
421–22