AHC: Graf Zeppelin commissioned

[Cryhavoc101]

Fair point



What on earth make them think about doing that? If they had opted for duel purpose guns on the previous design then surely the designers had got the point that big guns don't belong on carriers

I wonder if the fate of HMS Glorious in the North Sea when caught by the Twins in 1940 was still uppermost in the designers minds when designing the Midways with these guns?

And as I understand it the removal of the 8" guns was more to do with saving weight due to the desire to armor the flight deck - this after the pros and cons of having an armored flight deck had been decided in the Med and Pacific.