![]() Events overtook such ambitious plans, however: while Hitler had promised his navy that they would have until at least 1942 to build up, war started 3 years earlier. ![]() As it would have been Germany’s first, undoubtedly they would have had much to learn about flight operations at sea, but given that the aircraft they were preparing for sea service, Me-109 fighters and Ju-87 “Stuka†dive bombers, the Graf Zeppelin’s potential as an instrument of sea-power projection is clear. The Story of the Graf Zeppelin Class: The story of the Graf Zeppelin is the classic story of a “might-have-been.†The Graf Zeppelin would have been the first fleet carrier of Germany’s Z-Plan, an all-encompassing fleet build-up that would have given Germany an all-around, world-class navy with all of the contemporary ship types: battleships, light & heavy cruisers, destroyers and aircraft carriers. ID: Plastic aircraft carrier gaming piece: Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carrier from the game Axis & Allies Aircraft Carrier: Graf Zeppelin Class - Germany (42 2nd Ed).
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