A naval minister's pressure for a land weapon matched Churchill's stated priorities. In earlier Cabinet discussions, he repeatedly committed the Navy to supporting the Army and offered little separate naval policy. Sponsoring landships through the Admiralty therefore fit his wartime approach even though the machine was intended for the battlefield. Political leadership could direct one service's resources toward another service's problem when both were treated as parts of a common war effort.
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Churchill used Admiralty resources to support the Army
The naval minister's sponsorship of a land weapon fit his wider determination to use the Navy in support of the Army's war effort.