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What if the Royal Navy had captured Bismarck?

A captured Bismarck in a British port would have supplied a highly visible propaganda victory.

Question

How important would capturing Bismarck and bringing her into port have been?

Short answer

It would have been a major German propaganda defeat, and the Royal Navy would have publicized it extensively.

Notes

Capturing Bismarck and bringing her into port would have given the Royal Navy a major propaganda victory. The expectation is that British publicity would exploit that visible German defeat as widely as possible.