War Office
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He submitted his plans for an idea of floating piers that could become harbours to the War Office, and was personally selected by Churchill for the project, soon to become known as the Mulberry Harbours.
From BBC ● May 31, 2024
In fact, documents concerning an essential mission, dubbed Operation Postmaster and undertaken by the British War Office, were only recently declassified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
Opening at a time of war in Europe, the OWO — as the Old War Office has been delicately rebranded — is an evocative reminder of Britain’s wartime history.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
In World War II, the British War Office had a contract with Penguin Books to make paperback editions of “Northanger Abbey” and “Persuasion” that could fit in soldier’s pockets.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
Looked as though there might be something in the rumour that the Admiralty or the War Office or the Air Force had got hold of it....
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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