A stronger result at Dogger Bank would have helped create the conditions for the carrier attack. Navies could therefore see reasons to develop both capital ships and carriers after the war. The immediate lesson from a successful harbor strike could be to keep ships at sea, where they could maneuver and return fire. Earlier wartime experience would still suggest that moving, defended ships were relatively safe from aerial attack. Work to overcome those defenses would continue.
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A successful carrier raid still leaves a role for capital ships
The scenario encourages investment in both types because surface victory creates the opening and aircraft exploit vulnerable ships in harbor.