In this counterfactual, three operational British carriers could threaten the High Seas Fleet in harbour by Christmas 1916. The fleet's condition and arrangement there are treated as an opportunity for a damaging air strike. One proposed German response is withdrawal through the Kiel Canal and farther into the Baltic to escape further attacks. Another possibility is that Wilhelm II concludes the anchorage is untenable and orders a desperate fleet sortie. Both outcomes depend on the imagined British carrier programme and its ability to deliver those attacks.
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How a 1916 carrier strike could displace the High Seas Fleet
A hypothetical carrier attack on the High Seas Fleet in harbour could prompt withdrawal into the Baltic or a desperate sortie.