Talk:Bismarck/@comment-116.98.53.9-20150325181430/@comment-24978536-20150325190005

The term "allied" doesn't refer to the WWII allied forces in this case. "Allied" is used in it's literal meaning here as "friendly". As for why it is phrased that way, is because there is a battleship on the abyssal side called Re-class which can fire torpedoes too. You can't say "she became the only battleship able to launch torpedoes" due to that, you have to mention "allied". However, "friendly" would have been a better choice of words rather than "allied", in my opinion.