(ii) Strategies and tactics at sea and in the air
From the beginning of the war, it was clear that control of the seas was a strategy crucial to both sides. Britain was reliant on the sea for transporting troops and bringing in supplies from its empire and across the Atlantic. Winston Churchill (who served as First Lord of the Admiralty) said that Admiral Jellicoe, the commander of the British fleet could have lost the war in an afternoon. Germany also needed food...