Churchill supported the creation of the Royal Naval Air Service in 1914. Its armoured cars helped recover airmen who had come down near the fighting. Alongside the Royal Naval Division and the Marines, this gave the navy several forms of land capability. The discussion then connects armour and the Landships Committee with attempts to overcome trench deadlock. These projects applied naval resources and ideas to problems that extended beyond operations at sea.
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Naval aviation, armoured cars and the Landships Committee
The Royal Naval Air Service's armoured cars and the landship idea show the navy's involvement in fighting on land.