The Jurens/Dulin/Garzke book on Bismarck (pg 319) published a signal by Lutjens claiming that the "Running engagement at a range of 20,800 m to 18,000 meters....Hood concentrated fire on Bismarck. Hood destroyed through explosion in five minutes." Next, Bill Jurens did his own plotting for an article and claimed the fatal hit occurred at 18,000 meters (in the footnotes of Friedman's British battleship book. Now, where would Lutjens have obtained that information for his signal? I assume that he conversed with Schneider and Lindermann. I would think that Schneider would know the range of the battle and the hit. So we do have an two very strong pieces of evidence for a fatal hit at far beyond the usually quoted range of about 15,000 meters. The book itself states the fatal hit range was about 16,500 yards.
How does this change outcome? It does not. However, it may force a reevaluation of the weight we place on how that outcome occurred.
How does this change outcome? It does not. However, it may force a reevaluation of the weight we place on how that outcome occurred.
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