The brief example shows experimentation with fast carrier-capital-ship groupings before the Second World War. Ark Royal and Glorious operated with two battlecruisers in a task-force exercise around 1937 or 1938. The combination resembled a proto-Force H and produced interesting operational results. The exercise shows that later wartime formations had prewar precedents and rehearsal.
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A prewar exercise foreshadowed Force H
A late-1930s exercise paired Ark Royal and Glorious with two battlecruisers in a formation resembling the later Force H.