The doctrine did not emerge from an anonymous institutional lesson alone. John Jellicoe had argued for night training before the First World War, Roger Keyes brought submarine and motor-torpedo-boat experience, and Reginald Tyrwhitt commanded the Harwich Force at close quarters. Each saw darkness as a way for a smaller force to attack with advantage. Their advocacy helped make night fighting a continuing professional problem after the wartime formations themselves were dispersed.
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The officers who carried night doctrine forward
Jellicoe, Keyes, and Tyrwhitt carried operational experience into a belief that night action was inevitable and could let a smaller force defeat a larger one.