Plan Z

Plan Z was the name given to the planned re-equipment and expansion of the Kriegsmarine from 1935 onwards.

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Following the end of the First World War, the German armed forces became subject to the stipulations of the Treaty of Versailles. for the navy, this meant it was restricted to six armoured warships (battleships), six cruisers, twelve destroyers and twelve torpedo-boats. With the scuttling of the majority of the Hochseeflotte (High Seas Fleet) at Scapa Flow, new construction was needed. The first major ship to be built after the war was the light cruiser Emden. This was followed by a further three vessels of the "K"-class, K?nigsberg, Karlsruhe and K?ln, and a further two ships, Leipzig and N?rnberg. The Treaty also stipulated that Germany could replace its armoured ships as needed, but with vessels that were not more than 10,000 tons. So, the panzerschiff (armoured ship) concept was thought up - this was designed primarily as an aggressor towards merchant shipping, with the priviso that it be "stronger than faster enemies" (cruisers) and "faster than stronger enemies" (battleships). This led to the Deutschland, a ship with six 11" guns and a speed of 28 knots. Two further units, Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee followed.

Kriegsmarine: The Kriegsmarine (or "War Navy") was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime, superseding the Reichsmarine. The main war vessels available to the Kriegsmarine were U-boats, three pocket battleships, two battleships (Bismarck and Tirpitz), two battlecruisers (Scharnh...

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Plan Z related Images and Photos (experimental)

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Plan of London C.1560-70	Plan of the Arsenale Venice	Plan de la Ville de Paris 1715	A Simple Plan
Plan 9 From Outer Space 1959	Plan of the City of New York	Nouveau Plan De Paris 1728	Plan of the City of New York