An ESOP is a type of retirement plan. A company provides shares of stock or the money to purchase shares to the plan for enrolled employees. The actual plan shares are not distributed to the employee until he or she leaves the company. Instead, the assets may be placed into a trust.
Bismarck's final battle has just begun and the first British shells fall near the German battleship on the morning of 27 May 1941. Finally, at 0902, the Bismarck was hit by several shells that struck the forecastle, foremast and disabled the foretop rangefinder.
The First Battle of The Marne. The First Battle of the Marne was a World War I battle fought between September 6 and September 12, 1914, by Germany against the French and British forces. It marked the end of the German sweep into France and the beginning of the trench warfare which was to characterize the Great War.