Second World War at Sea – Plan Z

During the late 1930’s, the German Kriegsmarine came up with a plan for a powerful new fleet, built around several aircraft carriers and a half-dozen huge battleships, with flotillas of supporting cruisers and destroyers. Admiral Erich Raeder called this ambitious program Plan Z, and looked to complete it sometime in 1948. When war actually broke out in 1939, none of these ships had been completed or even started.