I would think that the contribution to the war effort would have been minimal. The KM pretty much fought a war against allied shipping. The area of operations would have been restricted in the North Sea attacking convoys headed for Russia and maybe the UK itself. It may have been able to perform this role well but as previously stated, the British would have gone all out to sink the ship whatever the cost.

Hitler was already fearful of using the KM because of the impact of losing such vessels. So even if it was build and operational, I really doubt it would have been put out to sea.

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