Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the May 1941 destruction of the British battle cruiser Hood by the German battleship Bismarck, soon followed by the sinking of the German ship by British forces.

Hitler's gambles -- Germany versus Britain -- Breakout to the Denmark Strait -- The mighty H.M.S. Hood -- Battles of Iceland and Crete -- Turn for France -- Lost in the great ocean -- In for the kill -- Hitler versus Roosevelt -- The stuff of legend: attempts to find the Bismarck.