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    HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHTER

    Nov 24, 2020 1 minute
    ILLUSTRATION BY JIM LAURIER
    —
    Larry Porges

    LEAVE IT TO ADOLF HITLER to build the largest battleship ever produced by a European power.

    In 1935, Hitler unilaterally renounced the Treaty of Versailles and began rebuilding Germany’s army, air force, and navy. His engineers, a 50,000-ton behemoth when fully loaded, commissioned in August 1940; after some modifications, followed in February 1941. was actually 2,200 tons heavier than its better-known sister ship.

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