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Was it even an option? and if even a prt of it would have been constructed, would it have made a difference at all?

From Wiki:
""The plan called for a Kriegsmarine of 10 battleships, four aircraft carriers, three battlecruisers, 3 old panzerschiffe, 12 new panzerschiffe, five heavy cruisers, 36 light cruisers M Class, 24 light cruisers typ spähkreuzer, 68 destroyers, 90 torpedo boats and 249 U-boats by 1945 that was meant to challenge the naval power of the United Kingdom.[2]

My good questions are:

1) How much would it have cost in resources to even partly fulfill all of this?
2) If the outbreak could have been delayed to 1940/1 (yes, I know), how much could have been achieved?
3) Would it do anything for Germany?

If Germany should have captured the French fleet (or a good part of it), would that not have made up for some of the shortfalls?

Would an aircraft carrier have done anything for Germany?

If the focus instead of Bismarck/Tirpitz/... would be on subs, hwo would that have played out? Especially if the bigger types could have been operational faster (1941?42?)

Ivan
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