Talk:Bismarck/@comment-32662793-20170716014349/@comment-27881917-20170717141634

Yup. Bismarck and Tirpitz were both considered big enough threats to have Allied plans shaped around them simply for existing, even when Tirpitz was basically trapped in port. Their potential threat was considered just that high, especially had Bismarck managed to break out cleanly into the shipping lines with Prinz. Their merchant raiding could have seriously set back the allied war efforts.