Ministry of War Transport
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ministry-of-war-transport-196-902553
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Ministry of War Transport
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The Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) was a department of the British Government formed early in the Second World War to control transportation policy and resources. It was formed by merging the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Transport, bringing responsibility for both shipping and land transport to a single department, and easing problems of co-ordination of transport in wartime. The MoWT was founded on 1 May 1941, when Lord Leathers was appointed Minister of War Transport. Following t
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Department of the government of the United Kingdom, 1941–1946
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_War_Transport
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2023-03-17T23:09:49Z
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