How would a breakout by Bismarck, Tirpitz, Hipper, and a Deutschland converted to a carrier develop?
Short answerIt would likely become a carrier battle followed by a British surface pursuit, with the delay allowing Britain to assemble overwhelming reinforcements.
NotesWaiting until July or August 1941 would bring more British battleships and carriers into service and allow repairs or refits to existing ships. The encounter could begin as an Atlantic carrier battle, but British numerical depth would likely turn it into a Matapan-like pursuit of damaged German capital ships after the air strikes.