Poor ignorant Bismarck; at least now she can see new sights outside of the North Atlantic.

She should have expect the inevitable, though the reason why they build her is to counter the Royal Navy.

Pearl Harbor was the event that plunge the US into World War 2. US (or should I say, MacArthur) is already expecting some attacks (they did expecting that there would be attacks on US controlled Philippines were inevitable). But then several hours after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese begins their operation to conquer Southeast Asia.