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 Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun, IPA:, Schlacht um Verdun, IPA: ), fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916, was the largest and longest battle of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies. The battle took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-east France.