The following is a list of all sources used by the author for the Exercise Rhine Project. It will be updated as necessary during the research and writing.
Print Sources
Zetterling, Niklas and Tamelander, Michael
Bismarck: The Final Days of Germany’s Greatest Battleship
Drexel Hill, PA: Casemate, 2009
Bercuson, David J. and Herwig, Holger H.
The Destruction of the Bismarck
Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press; 2001
Bismarck: The Final Days of Germany’s Greatest Battleship -
The Destruction of the Bismarck -
Online Sources
KBismarck.com - Quite possibly the most complete online archive of information regarding the Bismarck and her operations in May of 1941, as well as a wealth of other information regarding the ship, his fellows in the Kriegsmarine, and the Battle of the Atlantic in general.
HMS Hood Association - A great source of information of HMS Hood and her crew.
Video Sources
Image Sources
Wikimedia Commons - Contains a vast number of photographs in an easily searchable format with clear licensing information.
US Naval History and Heritage Command - Several images of Bismarck during Exercise Rhine, mainly due to the US capture of Prinz Eugen after the war.
Images AI colorized via DeOldify. Some touchup work was performed in GIMP.