The Blitz, The Bismarck and Barbarossa | April June 1941 | World War II

With Britain failing to fall at Hitler’s feet, the Blitz drew to a close, as the Führer turned his attention eastwards. The sinking of the German battleship, the Bismarck, lifted the spirits of the British Navy, and as Hitler’s campaign for Russia, code named Operation Barbarossa, got underway, the course of World War II veered dramatically.