Launch of battleship Bismarck in Hamburg, Germany

The launch of the battleship Bismarck in Hamburg on 14 February 1939, observed by the head of state. The participants of the event on board the state yacht Hamburg are from left: Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, the Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler, Field Marshal Hermann Goering, the Reich Minister Rudolf Hess, and an envoy, Prince Otto von Bismarck, grandson of the Reich's founder. To the left is Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, Commander of the Navy

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Bismarck Envoy Grandson Hess Himmler Joachim Launching Observed Participants Raeder Reichs Reichsfuehrer Ribbentrop

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