Tarkin's different methods under army primacy

Both Tirpitz and Tarkin serve emperors who regard themselves as exceptional rulers, and both must work through bureaucracies they did not create. The comparison gives Tarkin greater willingness to operate indirectly or off the books and less faith that Britain will simply concede to a fleet challenge. Yet the German navy remains subordinate to the army in social and political influence. Even an exceptionally capable naval leader therefore cannot freely redirect national resources or overturn the army's entrenched primacy. This constraint prevents the alternate fleet from becoming a wish-list and makes institutional hierarchy part of the strategic calculation.