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- proper noun A German
battleship during theSecond World War , thesister ship to theBismarck .
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Tirpitz was ennobled to von Tirpitz in 1900. Tirpitz 'design to achieve world power status through naval power, while at the same time addressing domestic issues are commonly referred to as the Tirpitz Plan.
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Just explain to everyone what... the Tirpitz was a ship like the Bismarck, wasn't it?
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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Churchill, who called Tirpitz "the beast", ordered that no effort be spared to hunt her down.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Nigel Jones 2012
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Churchill, who called Tirpitz "the beast", ordered that no effort be spared to hunt her down.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Nigel Jones 2012
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The blunders were failure to build a fleet of heavy 4 engine bombers and choosing to build the super dreadnaught battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz instead of Uboats.
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During World War II, he was involved in the inquiry into the deaths of submariners in the sinking of the Thetis, and he also advised the Admiralty on the design of the minisubs that were sent to attack the German battleship Tirpitz in its Norwegian fjord.
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The dry dock was seen by the Allies as an essential fueling and repair hub for German navy ships, including the feared battleship Tirpitz.
Journalist 'Micky' Burn, 97, dies; renounced Nazism to become British commando 2010
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The audacious commando raid of 1942 on the German-held Atlantic port of St Nazaire was more successful, denying sanctuary to the Tirpitz, the largest of all the German battleships.
Michael Burn obituary Meic Stephens 2010
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Would Bradman be the Tirpitz or zomething and Larwood some sort of midget submarine?
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Five miles off the English coast is the Nazi warship Tirpitz.
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