Created by Tom Horn on 25 Aug 2011, Last Update on 25 Aug 2011

Bismark Commissioned - 24 Aug 1940

The german Battleship Bismarck is commissioned into the Kriegsmarine. She was the largest ship built by Germany or indeed any European navy and was named for Otto Von Bismarck the 19th century statesman largely responsible for the reunification of Germany

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Tags : Germany,Naval,Europe,Combat

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