Great Battleships of WWII focuses on the most powerful British and German Battleships of WWII and explains the great battles and sea chases of the Graf Spee in the Battle of The River Plate, the battles of the Scharnhorst and sister ship Gneisenau, the tragic sinking of the Hood, the dramatic chase of the powerful Bismarck and final sinking by the British battleships King George V and Rodney..