In this video, we talk about the Fieseler Fi 167, an early World War 2 carrierbased torpedo bomber from Nazi Germany. We first talk about the push for militarization in Germany up until 1939 and the start of the war, and how that entailed improvements in all facets of the German military. We also talk about how the Navy or Kriegsmarine lagged behind the other branches and why that was. We then look at Germany's plan to rebuild their navy in Plan Z and the construction of Aircraft Carriers in the Graf Zeppelin class and carrierbased aircraft.

We then look at the Fi 167 and its competitor, the Arado Ar 195. We compare the two and look at how the Fi 167 was just plain better. We talk about the cancellation of the German carriers and what this meant for the Fi 167 in the meantime. We look at the resuming of the carrier project and how the Battle of the Barents Sea in late 1942 ended the project once and for all. We end by speculating on how WW2 could have been different if Germany had a stronger navy or a carrier fleet.