British War Cabinet

E148935

The British War Cabinet was a small, high-level decision-making body of senior ministers and military leaders that directed the United Kingdom’s overall strategy and conduct of the Second World War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
British War Cabinet canonical 7
War Cabinet during World War II 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governmental decision-making body ⓘ
war cabinet ⓘ
appliesToEvent Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
collaboratedWith Dominion governments ⓘ
Soviet leadership ⓘ
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
composedOf military leaders ⓘ
senior ministers ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedAfter end of Second World War ⓘ
formedDuringReignOf George VI ⓘ
hasMember A. V. Alexander ⓘ
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound ⓘ
Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal ⓘ
Anthony Eden ⓘ
Clement Attlee ⓘ
Ernest Bevin ⓘ
Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke ⓘ
linked to: Alan Brooke

Lord Beaverbrook ⓘ
Lord Halifax ⓘ
Sir John Anderson ⓘ
Sir Kingsley Wood ⓘ
Sir Stafford Cripps ⓘ
linked to: Stafford Cripps

Viscount Cranborne ⓘ
hasRole coordinate foreign policy during war ⓘ
coordinate military policy ⓘ
direct overall war strategy ⓘ
oversee home front policy related to war ⓘ
headedBy Neville Chamberlain ⓘ
Prime Minister ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
influencedBy Allied conferences ⓘ
military situation in Asia ⓘ
military situation in Europe ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
meetsAt 10 Downing Street ⓘ
Cabinet War Rooms ⓘ
notableFor centralized wartime decision-making ⓘ
small size compared to full Cabinet ⓘ
partOf Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government
precededBy pre-war Cabinet system ⓘ
replacedBy peacetime Cabinet system ⓘ
responsibleFor coordination with Allies ⓘ
high-level war planning ⓘ
major strategic decisions in WWII ⓘ
overall direction of British armed forces ⓘ
subordinateTo Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister
timePeriod World War II era ⓘ
linked to: World War II
usedByGovernment Neville Chamberlain government ⓘ
Winston Churchill wartime coalition government ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Special Operations Executive → oversight → British War Cabinet ⓘ
British Chiefs of Staff Committee → advises → British War Cabinet ⓘ
British Chiefs of Staff Committee → subordinateTo → War Cabinet during World War II ⓘ
linked to: British War Cabinet
The Alanbrooke Diaries → setting → British War Cabinet ⓘ
Cabinet War Rooms → associatedWith → British War Cabinet ⓘ
Minister of Home Security (acting) → partOf → British War Cabinet ⓘ
Pacific War Council → coordinateWith → British War Cabinet ⓘ