Germany's army and navy may be annihilated, yet Tirpitz could still argue that the risk fleet achieved its stated purpose by inflicting crippling losses on Britain. The strategic premise nevertheless fails because France has just been saved, Russia cannot turn promptly, and the United States is not prepared to fight a transatlantic naval war against Britain. British yards also have R-class and Queen Elizabeth-class ships already coming forward. Parliament would probably fund repeated new orders, potentially restoring sixteen dreadnoughts within three or four years.
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Tirpitz's risk fleet succeeds tactically but fails strategically
Destroying much of the Royal Navy would vindicate part of Tirpitz's theory, but Germany still loses because no third power can exploit British weakness quickly enough.