Ministry of Economic Warfare

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The Ministry of Economic Warfare was a British government department during World War II responsible for coordinating economic measures such as blockades, sanctions, and support for covert operations to weaken enemy powers.

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Ministry of Economic Warfare canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government ministry
defunct government agency
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom
collaboratedWith Admiralty NERFINISHED
Board of Trade NERFINISHED
Foreign Office NERFINISHED
Ministry of Shipping NERFINISHED
Special Operations Executive NERFINISHED
conflict World War II
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1945
fieldOfWork blockade strategy
economic warfare
international trade control
sanctions policy
hasMinister Hugh Dalton NERFINISHED
Hugh Gaitskell NERFINISHED
Lord Selborne NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation London NERFINISHED
historicalRole coordination of Allied economic pressure on enemy states
weakening Axis economic capacity
inception 1939
notableWork administration of the Allied blockade of Germany
coordination with the Special Operations Executive
parentOrganization Government of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
partOf British war effort
reasonForAbolition end of World War II
replacedBy peacetime trade and economic departments of the UK government
responsibleFor blacklisting of enemy-linked firms
blockade of enemy states
control of strategic imports and exports
coordination of economic intelligence
economic warfare policy
propaganda related to economic warfare
support for covert operations
support for sabotage activities against enemy economies
trade sanctions against enemy powers
subclassOf government department responsible for economic warfare
timePeriod Second World War NERFINISHED
usedMethod blacklists of companies and individuals
financial sanctions
naval blockade
trade embargoes

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SOE operatedUnder Ministry of Economic Warfare
Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare parentOrganization Ministry of Economic Warfare