How did wartime naval service shape Prince Philip?

Did the war make Prince Philip the person he later became?

It likely had a major influence because he spent his formative early-adult years in sustained, dangerous naval service.

Wartime service cannot explain every later trait, though it covered much of Philip's early adulthood. He entered service at about eighteen and returned home in 1946 at about twenty-five, years in which most people change rapidly. His postings included combat, operational danger, responsibility, and long separation. The war was a major formative influence shared with a wider generation, though it cannot fully explain Philip's later personality.