Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ọnwa Mee 1941, Lindemann nyere iwu "Bismarck" n'oge "Operation Rheinübung". "Bismarck" na nnukwu ụgbọ mmiri ahụ kpụrụ otu ndị ọrụ n'okpuru iwu nke Admiral Günther Lütjens n'ụgbọ Bismarck. Iwu e nyere ha bụ ka ha si n'ebe ha nọ pụọ n'afọ
Ndị Germany weghaara Poland ma wakpo ụzọ ụgbọ mmiri ndị Britain ji azụ ahịa n'Oké Osimiri Atlantic. Nnukwu ọgụ mbụ nke ndị ọrụ ahụ bụ ọgụ nke Denmark Strait nke butere mbibi nke. N'ihe na-erughị otu izu mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, na May 27, Lindemann na ihe ka ọtụtụ n'ime ndị ọrụ ya nwụrụ n'agha ikpeazụ nke "Bismarck".