Define battleship.
Anti-missile missile ships.
Will they be named Bismarck, Tirpitz, Graf See, Lützow or Admiral Scheer?
battleship? really?
I always like Dreadnought myself
Fast BBs are exactly what is needed in the South China Sea, right now.
Why the hell does Germany need battleships ?
It’s annoying that the press thinks war ship and battle ship are synonymous.
Why the hell does Germany need battleships ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XDm3lIqp3_E
[Before Russia invaded the Ukraine and threatened their other neighbors - again]
“Gov. Romney . . . the 1980’s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back — because the Cold War has been over for 20 years.”
So it’s not just the cold war that is back under Obama. He’s even bringing back the Kriegsmarine: a real German military. Can the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe be far behind?
JOHNNY HORTON
“Sink The Bismark”
(Johnny Horton and Tilman Franks)
In May of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun
The Germans had the biggest ship that had the biggest guns
The Bismark was the fastest ship that ever sailed the seas
On her deck were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees
Out of the cold and foggy night came the British ship the Hood
And evry British seaman, he knew and understood
They had to sink the Bismark, the terror of the sea
Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees
We’ll find that German battleship thats makin’ such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismark ‘cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin’ boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismark we gotta cut her down
The Hood found the Bismark and on that fatal day
The Bismark started firin’ fifteen miles away
We gotta sink the Bismark was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away
The mighty Hood went down
For six long days and weary nights they tried to find her trail
Churchill told the people “Put ev’ry ship a-sail”
‘Cause somewhere on that ocean I know she’s gotta be
We gotta sink the Bismark to the bottom of the sea
We’ll find that German battleship thats makin’ such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismark ‘cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin’ boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismark we gotta cut her down
The fog was gone on the seventh day and they saw the mornin’ sun
Ten hours away from homeland the Bismark made its’ run
The admiral of the British fleet said “Turn those bows around”
We found that German battleship and we’re gonna cut her down
The British guns were aimed and the shells were comin’ fast
The first shell hit the Bismark, they knew she couldn’t last
That mighty German battleship is just a memory
“Sink the Bismark” was the battle cry that shook the seven seas
We found that German battleship was makin’ such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismark ‘cause the world depends on us
We hit the decks a-runnin’ and we spun those guns around
Yeah, we found the mighty Bismark and then we cut her down
We found that German battleship was makin’ such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismark ‘cause the world depends on us
We hit the decks a-runnin’ and we spun those guns around
We found the mighty Bismark and then we cut her down
I thought the battleship concept died in WWII. However, there has been a vast change in the meaning of warship words in relation to their real power. For example I understand that a ship known as a Frigate today has more power than all the Navies of WWII combined. (Nuclear tipped missiles.)
I guess the recent reports that Germany is massing several platoons on the Polish border is nothing to really worry about.
Not ANOTHER Dreadnought Race!
The Last Time Germany did that it helped spark off The First World War!
I notice that the words “destroyer” and “battleship” are used rather loosely nowadays, and can refer to practically any surface combat ship.
U-boats anyone? Time for the Germans to build a few nuclear powered subs, to keep the Chinese and Russkies at bey.
Have they woken up to the fact that Obama will NOT defend them? What was their first clue?
Probably an uneducated translator.