Japanese enthusiasm for a decisive battle contrasts with the Royal Navy's need to reconcile three schools of thought about war at sea. American planning also contained competing schools, but the loss of the battle line at Pearl Harbor abruptly removed the material basis for one of them. British planners could not rely on a single climactic engagement because they expected to operate in every ocean while protecting the home islands and sustaining imperial supply. That global obligation makes doctrine inseparable from convoy protection, basing, and the logistics of feeding distant territories.
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Global war and the Royal Navy's competing schools
The Royal Navy's doctrinal challenge was to combine several schools of thought while protecting a worldwide empire and its trade.