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If destroyer torpedoes had sunk Bismarck

A successful destroyer torpedo sinking would bring jubilation and make the surviving attackers celebrated targets for German revenge.

Question

How would the Allies react if destroyers had torpedoed and sunk Bismarck?

Short answer

With jubilation; the destroyers would be celebrated if they survived and likely draw particular German animosity afterward.

Notes

Jubilation would follow if destroyers had delivered the torpedo attack that sank Bismarck. Any surviving attackers would become celebrated ships and crews. The same fame could put conspicuous targets on them for the rest of the war. A battleship lost to destroyers would be especially humiliating for Germany, so the hypothetical changes reputation and propaganda even if Bismarck's strategic removal remains the same.