 Complete the following phrase:  When Hankeys report eventually emerged it reflected Lloyd Georges wishes: it gave top priority to shipbuilding and merchant shipping not least to ship US troops to Europe, and placed Army manpower below both weapons production and civilian industry. The size of the Army in Britain was to be reduced from eight divisions to four, freeing about 40,000 men for service in France. In the House of Commons 20 December Lloyd George also argued that the collapse of Russia and 