Should Bismarck have pursued Prince of Wales after Denmark Strait?
Short answerThe answer sees the pursuit as dangerous because it risked bringing British cruisers and destroyers, with their torpedoes, into the fight.
NotesThe response accepts that the destruction of Hood resulted from an exceptionally fortunate hit rather than proof that every British capital ship could be dispatched as quickly. Prince of Wales had heavier protection and only needed enough of its troubled main battery to remain in action. Prolonging the fight would allow shadowing cruisers to close and add their fire. If the action continued still longer, British destroyers could arrive and put many torpedoes into the water. The answer therefore treats pursuit as a mounting combined-arms risk for Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, not a simple continuation of the duel they had just survived.