The
Minister of Economic Warfare was a British government position which existed during the
Second World WarWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. The minister was in charge of the
Special Operations ExecutiveThe Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct warfare by means other than direct military engagement...
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The
Minister of Economic Warfare was a British government position which existed during the
Second World WarWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. The minister was in charge of the
Special Operations ExecutiveThe Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct warfare by means other than direct military engagement...
.
Ministers of Economic Warfare 1939-1945
- Ronald Cross (3 September 1939 - 15 May 1940)
- Hugh Dalton
Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC, generally known as Hugh Dalton was a British Labour Party politician, and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947...
(15 May 1940 - 22 February 1942)
- Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne
Roundell Cecil Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne, CH, PC was a British Conservative politician, known as Viscount Wolmer from 1895 to 1941....
- (22 February 1942 - 23 May 1945)