The dream-fleet premise gives Germany equipment that it never successfully developed in reality. Graf Zeppelin is the clearest test of that magical completion. The carrier is expected to fare badly against the Royal Navy's numerous Implacable-type ships. Placing an unfinished design on a fleet list does not prove that it could match a mature opposing carrier force.
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Graf Zeppelin against a mature carrier force
Conjuring Plan Z into existence would expose the difference between completing a paper programme and producing a competitive carrier.