Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna May 1941, Lindemann akatungamirira "Bismarck" mukati me"Operation Rheinübung". "Bismarck" uye ngarava inorema yakaumba boka rinoshanda pasi pokutungamirirwa kwaAdmiral Günther Lütjens pabhodhi reBismarck. Mirairo yaifanira kubuda muPoland yaigarwa neGermany
uye kurwisa nzira dzokutengeserana dzezvikepe dzeBritain muAtlantic Ocean. Kubatanidzwa kukuru kwekutanga kweboka rebasa raive Hondo yeDenmark Strait iyo yakaguma nekunyura kwe. Pasati papera vhiki, musi waMay 27, Lindemann navakawanda vevashandi vake vakafa muhondo yokupedzisira ye"Bismarck".