ITT: The best 'what if' questions. What is Plan Z

>>3321085
Low quality, inexperienced German fleet sets sail and gets shredded in the first clash by Royal Navy.

Imagine sinking of Bismarck. Add plan Z and you would get sinking of 50 Bismarcks. The Germans sucked in capital ships, plain and simple. One of their best heavy cruisers was lost by an accidental hit of Norwegian coastal artillery.

>>3321085
Enormous amounts of steel are diverted towards building a considerable surface fleet. Those amounts of steel are not available for either the Luftwaffe or the Heer. Without a massive build up in those two arms, Germany's offensive into Belgium and France likely stalls, and Hitler is forced into a land war that he is going to have a great deal of trouble winning. The necessity of keeping capital ships, planes, and cruisers in and around the North Sea makes submarines harder to intercept, but on the other hand, the lack of French ports to base out of hampers their efficiency by a large degree.

Overall, the prognosis for Hitler's Germany is much worse than it was historically.

>>3321143
Can we make a list of rules in /his/troy chart?
Like so far:
1. Never march on Moscow
2. Never go fighting with your land armies in Asia
3. Never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line
4. Never fight Anglo's at sea
5. ?
and so on?