Mrstrategy
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What if germany continues to follow the z plan and does not go to war still the middle of 1940s
What if germany continues to follow the z plan and does not go to war still the middle of 1940s
Germany builds less tanks. There is only so much armour plating that a country can produce. Put it on BBs as the British did and you cut into the number of land ships you can build. Of course more armour plating foundries can be built, but that means either not building something else, raiding your population's saving to pay for it or being unself-sufficient and borrowing on the international money markets. OK, so a Nazi government would go for option two, which would hit it financially when war does start mid 40s.
And not to mention that a big building program would stimulate a response by UK and maybe the US as well, making the whole poject utterly self-defeating.And the amount of fuel this fleet would require would exceed Germany's supply. Not to mention where the manpower would come from...
And not to mention that a big building program would stimulate a response by UK and maybe the US as well, making the whole poject utterly self-defeating.
IOTL the UK began said program in 1936 IOTL, which was scheduled to be completed in the middle of the 1940s, which is also when the Germans planned to completed Plan Z. The intention was to match the combined battleships strength of Germany and Japan one-to-one. There would also be 100 cruisers when the Germans were planning a force of 30.And not to mention that a big building program would stimulate a response by UK and maybe the US as well, making the whole poject utterly self-defeating.
The only feasible plan that made sense in 1939 was to start a major build of Uboats, no capital ships. Then come 1940 they'd have a major increase in Uboat strength instead of having to scrap a bunch of work done on battleship hulls.
No it was the opposite of what they did in 1939:Which was basically what they did, except that the planned build ran into the lack of resources as usual.
In the short time from the introduction of Plan Z to the beginning of war with the United Kingdom on 3 September only two of the plan's large ships, a pair of H class battleships, were laid down; material for the other four ships had started to be assembled in preparation to begin construction but no work had been done.[22] At the time components of the three battlecruisers were in production, but their keels had not yet been laid down.[23] Two of the M-class cruisers had been laid down, but they were also cancelled in late September.[24] Work on Graf Zeppelin was cancelled definitively in 1943 when Hitler finally abandoned the surface fleet after the Battle of the Barents Sea debacle.[25]
Since the plan was cancelled less than a year after it was approved, the positive effects on German naval construction were minimal. All of the ships authorized by the plan were cancelled after the outbreak of war, with only a few major surface vessels that predated the plan were completed during the conflict. These included Bismarck and Tirpitz, along with the heavy cruisers [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher']Blücher and Prinz Eugen. Without the six H-class battleships or the four aircraft carriers, the Kriegsmarine was once again unable to meet the Royal Navy on equal terms.[26][/URL]
The British would have completed their scheme for a Two Power standard navy too. Note that the two powers are Germany and Japan.What if germany continues to follow the z plan and does not go to war still the middle of 1940s