The Only Nazi Aircraft Carrier

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  1. Natedo

    Natedo Well-Known Member

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    In no naval action of World War 2 will you find a German aircraft carrier taking part. All the major navies in the war used them extensively, except for Nazi Germany. There were lots of German U-Boats, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers, but no flattops. However, the Nazis had plans to build a total of four carriers and almost finished one of them.

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  2. -al---

    -al--- Well-Known Member

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    funny you should mention...
    the wreck of this beauty has been found recently (probably) and the media keep on yapping about it
     
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    CC- today the finding was confirmed by the Polish Navy... the wreck lies 18NMiles North of Władysławowo at the depth of 80meters.
     
  4. biles

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    An aircraft carrier sailing around the baltic.
    :eek:
    United Nations were victorious in the European Civil War because of one single salient fact, above all others:
    Germany's government was run by retards.:dura:

    [Maybe they gonna find Napoleon's invasion fleet someday.....
    And UFP Starship Yamato]
    :fly2:
     
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  5. beryl

    beryl Well-Known Member

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    even Iowa class battleships sailed around baltic. Guess CVNs also. German CV could sail ONLY at baltic - north sea was in british hands, full of subs and aircrafts.
     
  6. airfax

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    I bet it was intented to have a naval base at Norway, and from there (using French harbours as a back up) harass allied convoys with few mid-size or bigger battleships ( f.e. prinz eugen, tirpitz, bismarck, graf spee)
     
  7. -al---

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    how did you know?
    you must be a secret nazi agent in finland
    yep that's it
    that'd explain all the stuff with those little children...






























    :D
     
  8. Snakeye

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    nope, I guess he's just drunk again :p