Monitors in a more mobile war

In this comparison, Second World War monitors arrived, bombarded, and moved to the next task instead of remaining for years in one theatre. First World War operations began with manoeuvre but contracted into sustained fronts, while attempts to restore movement through campaigns such as the Dardanelles were badly executed. The later war created repeated amphibious operations in different theatres rather than one continuous monitor station. This difference explains why monitor force structure and employment changed between the wars. Their short appearances in campaign narratives can conceal how intensely they were used whenever a landing required heavy fire support.