Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Mei 1941, i whakahau a Lindemann i te "Bismarck" i te wā o "Operation Rheinübung". Ko te "Bismarck" me te kaipuke nui i hanga he roopu mahi i raro i te whakahau a Admiral Günther Lütjens i runga i te Bismarck. Ko nga whakahau i puta mai i to ratou turanga i te Poland i nohoia e Tiamana
ka whakaeke i ngā rori kaipuke kaihokohoko o Ingarangi i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Ko te whakaeke nui tuatahi a te roopu mahi ko te Pakanga o te Denmark Strait i hua ai te ngaromanga o. Kaore i te wiki i muri mai, i te 27 o Mei, ka mate a Lindemann me te nuinga o tana roopu i te pakanga whakamutunga a "Bismarck".