The German Carrier Graf Zeppelin was a major investment for the Kriegsmarine, but why was it's construction started in the first place and why was it never finished? A short look at the operational purpose and changing strategic situation should give the answer. Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic literature or sometimes primary sources. Videos are intended as introduction to military history, but also contain a lot of details for history buffs. Since the aim is to keep the episodes short and comprehensive some details are often cut. » HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT MILITARY HISTORY VISUALIZED « (A) You can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv (B) You can also buy "Spoils of War" (merchandise) in the online shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop » SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS « facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ twitter: https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized tumblr: http://militaryhistoryvisualized.tumblr.com/ » SOURCES « Faulkner, Marcus: The Kriegsmarine and the Aircraft Carrier: The Design and Operational Purpose of the Graf Zeppelin, 1933-1940. In: War in History, Vol. 19, No. 4, 11.2012, p. 492-516 Breyer, Siegfried: Graf Zeppelin. The German Aircraft Carrier. Breyer, Siegfried: Graf Zeppelin. Der Flugzeugträger Graf Zeppelin. Germany and the Second World War. Volume I. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg. Band 1. » TOOL CHAIN « PowerPoint 2016, Word, Excel, Tile Mill, QGIS, Processing 3, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects » DATA CHAIN « Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Made with GeoHack Data. https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php - License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone