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  1. British government department created 1964
  2. from a temporary Ministry of Defence
  3. established after World War II together with
  4. the Admiralty, Air Ministry, and War Office.
  5. It is headed by the secretary of state for
  6. defence with undersecretaries for the Royal
  7. Navy, the Army, and the Royal Air Force. This
  8. centralization was influenced by the example
  9. of the US Department of Defense.
  10.