14th February 1939: German battleship Bismarck launched at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg

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Bismarck was the first of two of the largest battleships ever built by Germany. Ordered for Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine, the ship was a testament to Nazi Germany’s ambitions to build a powerful and modern ...