The First World War's largely Eurocentric campaigns differed from the genuinely global reach of the Second. Once Germany's fleet had been constrained, the Royal Navy had to think about threats in the Mediterranean, Far East, and other distant stations. Speed and strategic mobility could therefore matter more than sending the most heavily armed ship to arrive a week late. That requirement fed British interest in fast battlecruiser designs such as the Admiral class and the G3s.
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Why a global war rewarded strategic mobility
British planners expected the next naval war to demand rapid movement among distant theatres rather than another concentrated North Sea blockade.