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So, after some dissatisfaction with The Kriegsmarine Gets Wings, I've decided to reboot it. The general outline of the TL will remain the same, but a few details will be changed.

So without further ado, I present The Kriegsmarine Gets Wings: V2.0
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Prologue

December 29, 1944

The Atlantic Ocean, 150 miles southeast of New York City

Konteradmiral Erich Bey watched the Ju-87s and Bf-109s come up from the hangar. The deck of the Peter Strasser was alive with sailors and aircrew. Everybody knew the future of the Reich hung on this operation. This was the last chance to destroy the Western Allies' will to fight before they overwhelmed Germany. The crew of Strasser had braved impossible odds just to get within striking distance of the American East Coast.

One by one, the planes lifted off from the deck of the carrier, heading towards New York City. The Stukas carried a special payload, one Bey hoped would shock the United States enough that it would lose its stomach for the war. The pilots knew their chances of successfully carrying out their strike-let alone coming back-were 100 billion to one, but it was a small price to pay for the preservation of the Reich.

As soon as the last Stuka disappeared over the horizon, Strasser's air search radar picked up a large strike moving in from the north.

The Peter Strasser's time had run out.

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Chapter One

The mid-late 1930s

Nazi Germany.

The Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers had their roots in the Anglo-German naval treaty of 1935. The Kriegsmarine was limited to 35% of the tonnage of the Royal Navy. The Germans hoped that the treaty would be the beginning of an alliance between the United Kingdom and Germany, while the British hoped the treaty would act as a check on German rearmament. In the end, both sides proved to be wrong, and German rearmament continued.

The treaty allowed Germany to build aircraft carriers with a maximum total displacement of up to 38,500 tons. Shortly afterwards, plans for such vessels began.

The lead ship of the Graf Zeppelin class was laid down on December 28, 1936. Her sister ship, the Peter Strasser, was laid down on February 15, 1937. The original design included 8 5.9-inch guns, but these were deleted from the final design as the designers felt they were superfluous. [POD]

Graf Zeppelin
was officially commissioned on January 1, 1940. Her airgroup consisted of 10 Messerschmitt Bf-109T fighters, 20 Fieseler Fi-167 torpedo bombers, and 13 Junkers Ju-87C dive bombers. Peter Strasser would follow on February 29.

In the meantime, World War 2 began as OTL...
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