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In OTL Jackie Fisher repeatedly recognized the trends in naval matters in advance of nearly everyone, from the all-dreadnaught fleet to the first carriers to be built. However, his proposed attack in the German High Seas fleet involving HMS Furious and other newly built carriers was not scheduled to take place until 1919 and thus was cancelled due to that most inconvenient armistice.:p

Assume that Fisher and others pushed the envelope and an attack was launched, perhaps in summer of 1918, and did damage to the Germans with bombs or torpedos far out of proporation to the aircraft lost.

What changes does this portend for naval forces in the period up to WWII and beyond?
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