![]() ![]() With this in mind, German military power could be projected well beyond the confines of the German coastline and its available seas. Like other ocean-going powers of the world in the 1930s, a rearming Germany sought to have a fleet capable of multiple mission types so this required a broad balance of surface warships and undersea assets tied together by logistically-minded types. She was launched on December 8th, 1938 with World War 2 set to begin in September of the following year. Deutsche Werke was selected as the primary builder and the keel of Graf Zeppelin ("Flugzeugtrager A") was laid down on December 28th, 1936. Twocarriers of the Graf Zeppelin-class were planned by Germany prior to the war in the 1930s. Changing priorities during World War 2 derailed any hopes that Nazi Germany would ever field a viable aircraft carrier in combat. ![]()
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