Lego Battle for the Bismarck | stopmotion + cgi

On May 26, 1941, Bismarck, the German battleship, was heading towards France for repairs, after she sustained minor damage during the Battle of the Denmark Strait; the battle in which Bismarck, with the help of the battleship Prinz Eugen, sank the British battlecruiser, HMS Hood. The British had been tailing Bismarck for the following two days, and on the night of May 26, began their attack. A group of torpedo planes were sent to strike Bismarck, and although, when released, most of the torpedoes missed the ship entirely, one managed to hit Bismarck’s stern and disable her rudder, preventing the battleship from continuing on her course. British ships began closing in on Bismarck, who was now incapable of outmaneuvering them. The following morning, the British began their final assault by firing hundreds of shells into the Bismarck, who, tried to retaliate, but due to her broken rudder, was unable to maintain a steady course, which prevented her guns from firing accurately at the enemy ships.