and launched in February 1939. Work was completed in August 1940, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz...
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Germany Bismarck, North Dakota, the capital of North Dakota, U.S. German battleship Bismarck, a 1939 German World War II battleship Bismarck or Bismark...
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The last battle of the German battleship Bismarck took place in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) west of Brest, France...
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Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (/ˈbɪzmɑːrk/; born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck; 1 April 1815 – 30 July...
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The Bismarck class was a pair of fast battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine shortly before the outbreak of World War II. The ships were the...
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of Bismarck is a German noble family that rose to prominence in the 19th century, largely through the achievements of the statesman Otto von Bismarck. He...
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Bismarck State College (BSC) is a public college in Bismarck, North Dakota. It is the third largest college in the North Dakota University System with...
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action on 24 May to 27 May 1941 that resulted in the German battleship Bismarck being sunk. Following this, on 25 October 1941, Prince of Wales was sent...
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Ferdinand Herbord Ivar, Prince of Bismarck (German: Ferdinand Herbord Ivar Fürst von Bismarck; 22 November 1930 – 23 July 2019) was a German lawyer and...
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HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Hood fought the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which were attempting to break out into...
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the world's largest Bismarck monument. The designers created a large network of catacombs beneath the monument. In the years 1939 to 1940, they became...
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Leicester Square on 11 February 1960. In February 1939, Nazi Germany's most powerful battleship, Bismarck, is launched, beginning a new era of German sea...
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HMS Dorsetshire (40) (section Bismarck)
Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II: Volume I: From Graf Spee to Bismarck, 1939–1941. Routledge. ISBN 9781135283223. Harris, C. J. (1991). War at Sea:...
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of Bismarck (25 September 1897 in Schönhausen, Brandenburg – 24 December 1975), was a German politician and diplomat, and the Prince of Bismarck from...
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Klaus von Bismarck (6 March 1912 – 22 May 1997) was the Director General of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (West German Broadcasting) from 1961 to 1976, and...
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Ernst Lindemann (category German battleship Bismarck)
Kapitän zur See (naval captain). He was the only commander of the battleship Bismarck during its eight months of service in World War II. Lindemann joined the...
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officer in the Reichswehr. During World War II, Bismarck took part in the Invasion of Poland in September 1939. During the Battle of France in 1940, he commanded...
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RMS Majestic (1914) (redirect from SS Bismarck)
Atlantic run, originally launched in 1914 as the Hamburg America Liner SS Bismarck. At 56,551 gross register tons, she was the largest ship ever operated...
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The Diocese of Bismarck (Latin: Dioecesis Bismarckiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in western North...
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battleship Bismarck during her foray into the Atlantic Ocean in 1941. He was killed in action during the last battle of the battleship Bismarck. Born in...
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Unsinkable Sam (category German battleship Bismarck)
and survived the sinking of three ships in 1941—the German battleship Bismarck, and then the British destroyer HMS Cossack and aircraft carrier HMS Ark...
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HMS Norfolk (78) (section Bismarck)
attack from Victorious to the Bismarck, but these aircraft could only score one insignificant hit on Bismarck. Finally Bismarck shook off the shadowing Norfolk...
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Battle of the River Plate (category 1939 in Uruguay)
Sinking of the Bismarck". In Moran, Mike (ed.). German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II: Volume I: From Graf Spee to Bismarck, 1939–1941. Naval...
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ORP Piorun (G65) (section Bismarck action)
the German battleship Bismarck, and drew her fire, while other units of the Royal Navy task force caught up to sink the Bismarck. After World War II, Piorun...
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HMS Prince of Wales (53) (redirect from HMS Prince of Wales (1939))
Denmark Strait where she scored three hits on the German battleship Bismarck, forcing Bismarck to abandon her raiding mission and head to port for repairs. Prince...
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Ann-Mari Tengbom (redirect from Anni-Mari von Bismarck)
of Bismarck (née Tengbom; 26 July 1907 – 22 September 1999) was a Swedish socialite and the wife of Otto Christian Archibald, Prince of Bismarck. Ann-Mari...
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Bismarck is a 1940 German historical film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Paul Hartmann, Friedrich Kayßler, and Lil Dagover. This film depicts...
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Brin 1901 Regina Margherita class Pre-dreadnought Regia Marina Bismarck 1939-02-14 Bismarck class Fast battleship Kriegsmarine Scuttled because of incapacitating...
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German Empire (section Bismarck era)
from the House of Hohenzollern. Berlin remained its capital, and Otto von Bismarck, Minister President of Prussia, became chancellor, the head of government...
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Operation Rheinübung (category German battleship Bismarck)
Rheinübung) was the last sortie into the Atlantic by the new German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen on 18–27 May 1941, during World War II. This...
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