1 CV is meaningless anyway. The IJN showed the world a lesson they didn't absorb themselves. Massing Carrier airpower. The Kido Butai was an unbeatable force in 1941/42 as long as all 6 CVs stayed together.
Single Axis CVs in the ATO/Med would have been wiped out in short order. The KM had zero capacity to maintain a CV Battlegroup at sea. The GZ was a waste of resources. To have a real navy, you need to at least be able to put to sea at will, LOL, not have to sneak out like thieves.
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