If Hitler had wanted, German defense industry would have constructed. They just knew, submarine based naval doctrine was more suitable for 3rd Reich
This is not history thread and I don’t wanna spam TR Navy news but just write this last one.
The ship had already been launched in 1938. But was not ready.
Germany didn’t have any naval warplanes, only flying boats. They worked on a navalized Me-109 and a new bomber design by Junkers (IIRC) which both ended up in trash basket.
They didn’t have any naval air warfare experience, hence no real ‘fleet air corps’.
Navy was the first proponent of a CV as they were dreaming of a limited war with Britain, thinking a CV would help them keep Royal Navy at bay.
I don’t remember whether Hitler was a supporter of it tbh but given the fact that he loved big toys, I’ll speculate that he would jump on it disregarding any feasibility and economics. There were few sane Nazi administrators like Albert Speer who found a way to manipulate him, con him out of his cockamemie projects.
It was a dead born project.
