The strategic value of sinking Glorious depends partly on what the carrier could otherwise have done. Had she survived, she might have reinforced Force H or the eastern Mediterranean Fleet. Her availability could have reduced the demands on Eagle and allowed earlier repairs to Eagle's damaged fuel system. With Illustrious also available, that could have produced a three-carrier Taranto attack if the operation kept the same timetable. Greater carrier strength might then have increased the damage to the Italian fleet. This is a conditional argument about deployment, repairs, and timing, rather than an established alternative outcome.
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How Glorious's survival might have changed Taranto
A counterfactual follows a surviving Glorious into Mediterranean service and considers whether Eagle could have been repaired before the Taranto attack.