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Ministry of Defence

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Ministry of Defence or Ministry of Defense may refer to:

Lists of current ministries of defence

Named "Ministry"

Other names

Historical

Named "Ministry of Defence"

  • Ministry of Defence (Czechoslovakia) (1918–1992)
  • Ministry of National Defence (East Germany) (1956–1990)
  • Ministry of Defence (Republika Srpska) (1992–2005)
  • Ministry of Defense (Soviet Union) (1953–1992)
  • Ministry of Defense Industry (Soviet Union) (1936–1991)
  • Ministry of Defence (1947–1964) (United Kingdom)
  • Ministry of Defence (Yugoslavia) (1918–2006)

Named "Ministry of War", "Department of War" or "War Office"

See also: Chamberlain war ministry and Churchill war ministry
  • Ministry of War (imperial China) (c.600–1912)
  • Chinese Republic Ministry of War (1912–1946)
  • Ministry of War (Kingdom of Bavaria) (1808–1919)
  • Ministry of War (Brazil) (1815–1999)
  • Ministry of War (France) (1791–1947)
  • Ministry of War (pre-modern Japan) (702–1872)
  • Ministry of the Army (Japan, 1872–1945)
  • War Ministry (Portugal) (1820–1974)
  • Ministry of War of the Russian Empire (1802–1917)
  • Ministry of War of Saxony (1831–1919)
  • Ministry of War of Württemberg (1806–1919)
  • Prussian Ministry of War (1808–1919)
  • War Department (United Kingdom) (1794–1857 and later)
  • War Office (United Kingdom, 1857–1964)
  • Ministry of War Transport (United Kingdom, 1941–1946)
  • United States Department of War (1789–1947)

See also

  • Department of Defence
  • Defence diplomacy, refers to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives through the peaceful employment of defence resources and capabilities
  • Defence minister, assigned to the person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence
  • War cabinet, a committee formed by a government in a time of war

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