A strategic division of labour became a recurring British method. Prussia's army posed a direct continental threat that France could not ignore, drawing French troops and money into European campaigning. Britain could then use naval mobility to attack rich colonies and maritime interests elsewhere. Subsidy warfare did not eliminate the continental commitment; it assigned that burden to an ally whose strength made Britain's global operations possible.
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Prussian armies create room for Britain's maritime war
British subsidies kept a dangerous Prussian army in the continental war while the Royal Navy attacked French wealth and positions overseas.