[CaptainCrunch]

The London treaty was a big part of it, but also advances in engine power and payload capability of aircraft.



One of the other big killers of Battleships was speed, they simply couldn't keep up to a carrier fleet.



Its fascinating to look at the Japanese ship building program and how they got addicted to the idea of a massive battleship. Hitler was looking at building a battleship fleet based around the concept of super battleships. The American's really bought into the concept of carriers right down to the brilliant idea of building smaller escort jeep carriers for convoy defense.