Two men in a dingy with a shotgun and a broken oar.what if the chairs were shuffled and Hermann Goering was leader of Nazi regime, what would the Kriegsmarine look like?
If Germany got aircraft carriers, I suspect they'd be under Luftwaffe control.
After all, OTL Luftwaffe had a Panzer Corps because Göring wanted it to have one.
that was , historically, carving out more of fiefdom for himself? here he would be ultimate authority, although very possible he would build counterweight to the army.
the LW controlled the AA flak units and the KM the shore batteries, maybe there would be closer cooperation and streamlining of those?
Well, one needs to remember that there was alot of distrust of the traditional naval leadership by the Nazi establishment. The Kreigsmarine contained what was generally perceived as the most traditionalist officer corps and thus ideologically suspect, while the LW was a much more Nazified institution. Goring is probably going to be even less scrupulous than Hitler was in trying to undermine its power, and may even transfer coastal defense authority to the Heer.
what if the chairs were shuffled and Hermann Goering was leader of Nazi regime, what would the Kriegsmarine look like?
he was considered the main obstacle to cooperation between LW & KM but would it automatically mean carrier-centric navy? or THAT concept scrapped much earlier?
MUCH would IMHO depend on when and maybe also how he becomes theBeing the top shark in the pond.what if the chairs were shuffled and Hermann Goering was leader of Nazi regime, what would the Kriegsmarine look like?
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Leaving underlings to fix the details is his style- and expand his kingdom. Thus a more collaborative approach is possible. Question is which underlings he picks and to what extent an air force preference carries through. Calling carriers Avgas tankers may not be Raeders Best career move.MUCH would IMHO depend on when and maybe also how he becomes theBeing the top shark in the pond.
Hopwever, as the OverAllBigBoss of everybody and everything I wonder if he would actually care as mmuch for "details" - like which service "rules" also the maritime airplanes - as he did IOTL as only being part of the of dogs fighting for the bones from Hitler table.
Being the top dog by himself I could well see him leaving the "details" to the maybe by him appointed "specialists" of the armed forces, ... all armed forces of every branch (navy, LW and Heer) as I could also well envisage him playing the divide-et-impera game within the top ranks of the military forces as well as between the different services ... maybe with a kind of "leaning" towards the LW.
MUCH would IMHO depend on when and maybe also how he becomes theBeing the top shark in the pond.
Hopwever, as the OverAllBigBoss of everybody and everything I wonder if he would actually care as mmuch for "details" - like which service "rules" also the maritime airplanes - as he did IOTL as only being part of the of dogs fighting for the bones from Hitler table.
Being the top dog by himself I could well see him leaving the "details" to the maybe by him appointed "specialists" of the armed forces, ... all armed forces of every branch (navy, LW and Heer) as I could also well envisage him playing the divide-et-impera game within the top ranks of the military forces as well as between the different services ... maybe with a kind of "leaning" towards the LW.
Leaving underlings to fix the details is his style- and expand his kingdom. Thus a more collaborative approach is possible. Question is which underlings he picks and to what extent an air force preference carries through. Calling carriers Avgas tankers may not be Raeders Best career move.