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How late-war air defence changes attack tactics

Against 1944-standard ship defences, fighter strafing and rockets would probably appear before a wholesale shift to night attack.

Question

Would 1944-standard anti-aircraft defence force navies toward night attacks or earlier fighter strafing and rockets?

Short answer

Fighter strafing and rockets would probably come first because night attack requires extensive training, though Britain might shift sooner.

Notes

Fighter strafing and rocket attacks would be the more immediate adaptation to stronger shipboard air defence. Moving entire air forces to night attack would demand specialized training that most did not yet possess. British forces, with their existing night-flying experience, might make that transition sooner than others.