United States Department of War

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defunct government agency former United States federal executive department

The United States Department of War was the former executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for overseeing the Army and managing military affairs until its functions were absorbed by the Department of Defense.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
United States Department of War canonical 62
United States War Department 51
War Department 17

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct government agency ⓘ
former United States federal executive department ⓘ
archivesHeldIn National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy United States Congress ⓘ
dateDissolved 1947-09-18 ⓘ
1949-08-10 ⓘ
dateFormed 1789-08-07 ⓘ
dissolutionNote Became Department of the Army within National Military Establishment in 1947 and fully absorbed into Department of Defense by 1949 ⓘ
distinctFrom Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense

Department of the Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of the Navy
governingDocument United States federal law ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody Secretary of War ⓘ
historicalRole managed U.S. Army operations in major conflicts including the War of 1812, Mexican–American War, American Civil War, Spanish–American War, World War I, and World War II ⓘ
principal U.S. military department before creation of Department of Defense ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasis Act of Congress ⓘ
locationHeadquarters The Pentagon (late period) ⓘ
United States War Department building ⓘ
surface form: War Department Building, Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableFor centralization of U.S. Army administration ⓘ
coordination of U.S. mobilization during World War II ⓘ
originalName United States Department of War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Department of War
oversaw United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers

United States Army War College ⓘ
United States Cavalry ⓘ
United States Coast Artillery Corps ⓘ
Field Artillery Branch ⓘ
surface form: United States Field Artillery

United States Infantry ⓘ
United States Medical Department (Army) ⓘ
United States Military Academy ⓘ
United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
surface form: United States Quartermaster Corps

United States Army Signal Corps ⓘ
surface form: United States Signal Corps

national mobilization for war ⓘ
partOf Executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
replacedBy Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense

Department of the Air Force ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of the Air Force

United States Department of the Army ⓘ
responsibleFor United States Army ⓘ
arsenals ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
land warfare ⓘ
military administration ⓘ
military logistics ⓘ
military procurement ⓘ
military records ⓘ
war planning ⓘ
scope administration of occupied territories (various wars) ⓘ
military policy ⓘ
national defense ⓘ
shortName United States Department of War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: War Department
subordinateTo Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
successorStructure National Military Establishment ⓘ

Referenced by (164)

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

Civilian Conservation Corps → parentOrganization → United States Department of War ⓘ
National Security Act of 1947 → merged → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Department of War
National Military Establishment → precededBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
NME → predecessorOf → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
NME → replaced → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: War Department
CCC → coordinatedBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
subject surface form: Civilian Conservation Corps
this entity surface form: Department of War of the United States
Office of War Information → followedBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: War Department
War Refugee Board → oversightBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces → subordinateTo → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: War Department
United States Department of War → shortName → United States Department of War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: War Department
United States Department of War → originalName → United States Department of War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Department of War
MED → governedBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
this entity surface form: United States War Department
Dorothea Dix → appointedBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. War Department
Secretary of War → appliesToJurisdiction → United States Department of War ⓘ
Secretary of War → partOf → United States Department of War ⓘ
Department of the Navy → formedFrom → United States Department of War ⓘ
United States Department of the Army → precededBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
Department of Defense → precededBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of Defense
Citation Star → awardingAuthority → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: War Department of the United States
Department of the Air Force → precededBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
OSS → parentAgency → United States Department of War ⓘ
Strategic Services Unit → parentOrganization → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States War Department
Strategic Services Unit → partOf → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States War Department
Strategic Services Unit → oversightBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States War Department
Robert Todd Lincoln → officeHeldFor → United States Department of War ⓘ
First United States Congress → createdInstitution → United States Department of War ⓘ
Purple Heart → establishedBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States War Department
Eisenhower Executive Office Building → wasHeadquartersOf → United States Department of War ⓘ
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes → operatedBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States War Department
District of Alaska → subordinateTo → United States Department of War ⓘ
United States Volunteers → raisedBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: War Department
Washington administration → established → United States Department of War ⓘ
Felix Frankfurter → workedAt → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of War
Secret City → associatedWith → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. War Department
United States War Department building → occupant → United States Department of War ⓘ
Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense → parentOrganization → United States Department of War ⓘ
War Department Circular 59 (1941) → issuedBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States War Department
War Department Circular 59 (1941) → publisher → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States War Department
United States Ordnance Department → subordinateTo → United States Department of War ⓘ
United States Army Air Corps → oversightBody → United States Department of War ⓘ
United States Army Air Corps → parentOrganization → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: War Department
James McHenry → employer → United States Department of War ⓘ
Panama Canal Zone (historical) → administeredBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
subject surface form: Panama Canal Zone
Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) → parentOrganization → United States Department of War ⓘ
subject surface form: Office of Military Government, United States
this entity surface form: War Department of the United States
Military Division of the Mississippi → createdBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States War Department
Commanding General of the United States Army → partOf → United States Department of War ⓘ
DA → precededBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of the Army
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal → awardingAuthority → United States Department of War ⓘ
United States federal armory (historical) → operatedBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
subject surface form: United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry
this entity surface form: United States War Department
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 → implementedBy → United States Department of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: War Department