Tirpitz had a building policy rather than an executable wartime strategy. The fleet was meant to make conflict too costly for Britain, but its designs left it dependent on torpedoes, rapid gunfire, and a favorable close-range battle against British ships with greater speed and gun reach. The alternative was to defeat isolated British forces or draw the Grand Fleet close to Germany, damage it, and let mines or submarines worsen British losses during withdrawal. Capabilities omitted before war are difficult to invent after fighting starts.
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Tirpitz's risk fleet lacked a wartime strategy
The German building program created a deterrent fleet without resolving how it could defeat the larger Royal Navy once war began.