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Bismarck Commissioning. Captain Ernst Lindemann delivers the commissioning speech on the afterdeck. 24 August 1940.
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"…This ship, our ship, as we can call it from this day forth, is the largest, strongest and best battleship that has ever been launched by any German or foreign shipyard. We feel pride and gratitude that we have been chosen to take this formidable instrument of power into possession from the hands of its builders."
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