Applying the same simplification to other navies exposes the problem with treating one slogan as a complete doctrine. American planning once combined roaming carrier task forces with a battle line advancing toward the enemy, but the battle line was only one part of United States Navy doctrine. British night air strikes, submarine torpedo salvos, and rapid minelaying likewise reveal an ambush tradition without reducing the Royal Navy to ambushes alone. Kantai Kessen was an important component within a wider Japanese system.
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Why naval doctrine cannot be reduced to one slogan
American battle-line planning and British ambush methods show why Kantai Kessen cannot stand in for the whole of Japanese doctrine.