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The kriegsmarine had pretty atrocious destroyers, they dumped too many resources into unwieldy and outdated surface ships (Tirpitz, Bismarck, looking at you specifically)
If the Graf zeppelin and other carriers could actually have been completed, their destroyers weren't shit, and/or more type vii u boats were built before the war, Britain would have had its shipping absolutely decimated. But they prioritized the wrong shit.
It was actually very good for a completely unprepared navy (which it was, 6 years is not sufficient to build an entire fleet), but it could have been better if they allocated their resources better. And had destroyers that weren't shit tier, and better doctrine (but comparing their naval doctrine to the US, UK, and Japan is not entirely fair because those 3 countries are entirely built upon sea power, germany barely had a navy until shortly before ww1 and the traditional german naval doctrine was just "its a waste of time").
The Graf zeppelin was also one of the biggest fuckups of naval history, and airpower makes combating submarines a lot easier, so mothballing it eternally for a planned naval war with the ussr in favor of the dumbass tirpitz and Bismarck was a stupid move.
May your life be blessed dear brother, and may your family enjoy good health until the world stops turning.
As to kriegsmarine losses to submarines, the royal navy did not invest much into underwater warfare. Kind of their own failure, but they were still undeniably superior to the kreigsmarine and had no issue destroying the wolf packs whenever the shock and awe aspect dissipated. In large part due to *air power*.
If the kriegsmarine actually did much with the red fleet beyond skirmishes, they would probably have had quite a few losses to submarines, because the soviets also had a submarine fleet. But this didn't really come to fruition. But the soviets actually *did* inflict the worst maritime loss in human history (counting every other accident civilian or otherwise) by sinking the Wilhelm Gustlof with a submarine, this was more of a one off. The baltic sea campaigns didn't amount to much besides a bunch of defensive posturing, the most notable battle was the battle of narvik, which was objectively humiliating for the kriegsmarine.
Japan carried the entire axis on its back in regards to naval warfare. If Japan were neutral and the other half of the royal navy and the entire US navy didn't have their hands tied dealing with the beast that was the IJN, it would have been over for the kriegsmarine before it even began. Germany 100% had it with their army, but as I said, without Japan turning the royal navy into a coral reef and perpetually stalling the US navy, the kriegsmarine would have been pretty effortlessly ensnared. There is actually a very good reason why hitler chose japan as an ally, they were far from being a liability which is pop culture bullshit history. Hitler knew that the kriegsmarine was a dumpster fire.
You're correct on many accounts. Have you ever heard of the Hilfskreuzer class? They saw some excellent successes as surface ships, but were modified from civilian vessels.
I hope for all your days to be prosperous, good brother.
I've heard of the hilfskreuzer class. See, the kriegsmarine actually excelled in essentially "naval guerilla warfare", because it was inferior. The reason why the kriegsmarine overall sucked was because they tried to use traditional naval doctrine with an inferior fleet. When they shone, they did it well, but when they didn't, it was disastrously bad. If I remember correctly, there was also a lot of admiral infighting in the German navy, which probably contributed to this significantly.
There was one instance in the hilfskreuzer episodes where they played the part too well. An allied plane appeared on the horizon and the Germans got to work, pretending to be your typical deck crew. They were so invested in appearing inconspicuous, not one of them acknowledged the plane at all. Usually there would be antics and waving but the apathetic nature of those on deck was strange enough that the plane called in a warship.
There is a man on youtube who makes videos that the soyim would consider boring, named Drachinifel. He talks about ww2 naval and age of sail topics without music in the background or wacky video editing. Very dry and informational. You may find his videos interesting. I certainly do.
May your career be fruitful, sea faring brother.