Ministry of Defence - wikipedia Ministry of Defence `` Ministry of War '' redirects here. For the video game, see Ministry of War ( game ). A Ministry of Defence or Defense ( see spelling differences ), also known as a Department of Defence or Defense, is the common name for a part of the government found in states where the government is divided into ministries or departments, responsible for matters of defence. Such a department usually includes all branches of the military, and is usually controlled by a Defence Minister, Minister of Defence, or Secretary of Defense. Historically, such departments were referred to as a Ministry of War or Department of War, although such departments generally had authority only over the army of a country, with a separate department governing other military branches. Prior to WWII, most `` Ministries of War '' were Army ministries, while the Navy and the Air Force, if it existed as a separate branch, had their own departments. As late as 1953, for example, the Soviets for instance had a `` Ministry of War '' alongside a `` Ministry of the Navy ''. The tendency to consolidate and rename these departments to highlight their purpose as providing `` defence '' arose after World War II. In India, for example, `` the name of the War Department was found objectionable in the sense that the concept had an aggressive aspect which was inconsistent with Indian traditions ''. Contents 1 Ministries of defence 1.1 Named `` Ministry '' 1.2 Named `` Department '' 1.3 Other names 2 Historical 2.1 Named `` Ministry of Defence '' 2.2 Named `` Ministry of War '', `` Department of War '' or `` War Office '' 3 See also 4 References Ministries of defence Named `` Ministry '' Ministry of Defence ( Afghanistan ) Ministry of Defence ( Albania ) Ministry of Defense ( Argentina ) Ministry of Defence ( Armenia ) Ministry of Defence ( Azerbaijan ) Ministry of Defence ( Bangladesh ) Ministry of Defence ( Belarus ) Ministry of Defence ( Belgium ) Ministry of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Defence ( Brazil ) Ministry of Defence ( Bulgaria ) Ministry of Defence ( Burma ) Ministry of National Defence, Cambodia Ministry of National Defense ( Chile ) Ministry of National Defence of the People 's Republic of China Ministry of National Defense ( Republic of China ) Ministry of National Defence ( Colombia ) Ministry of Defence ( Croatia ) Ministry of Defence ( Czech Republic ) Ministry of Defence ( Denmark ) Ministry of National Defence ( Ecuador ) Ministry of Defence ( Estonia ) Ministry of Defense ( Ethiopia ) Ministry of Defence ( Finland ) Ministry of Defence ( France ) Ministry of Defense of Georgia Ministry of National Defence ( East Germany ) Federal Ministry of Defence ( Germany ) Ministry of National Defence ( Greece ) Ministry of Defence ( Guatemala ) Ministry of Defence ( India ) Ministry of Defence ( Indonesia ) Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics ( Iran ) Ministry of Defence ( Iraq ) Ministry of Defense ( Israel ) Ministry of Defence ( Italy ) Ministry of Defense ( Japan ) Ministry of Defense ( Kuwait ) Ministry of Defence ( Latvia ) Ministry of National Defense ( Lebanon ) Ministry of National Defense ( Liberia ) Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Lithuania Ministry of Defence ( Malaysia ) Ministry of Defense of Mongolia Ministry of Defence ( Montenegro ) Minister of Defence ( Namibia ) Ministry of Defence ( Nepal ) Ministry of Defence ( Netherlands ) Ministry of Defence ( New Zealand ) Ministry of Defence ( Nigeria ) Ministry of People 's Armed Forces ( North Korea ) Ministry of Defence ( Norway ) Ministry of Defence ( Pakistan ) Ministry of Defence ( Peru ) Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland Ministry of National Defence ( Portugal ) Ministry of Defence ( Romania ) Ministry of Defence ( Russia ) Ministry of Defence ( Rwanda ) Ministry of National Defence ( São Tomé and Príncipe ) Ministry of Defence and Aviation ( Saudi Arabia ) Ministry of Defence ( Serbia ) Ministry of Defence ( Slovenia ) Ministry of Defence ( Singapore ) Ministry of Defence ( Sri Lanka ) Ministry of Defence ( Somalia ) Ministry of National Defence ( Republic of Korea ) Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union Ministry of Defence ( Spain ) Ministry of Defence ( Sweden ) Ministry of Defence ( Syria ) Ministry of Defence ( Tajikistan ) Ministry of Defence ( Thailand ) Ministry of National Defence ( Turkey ) Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan Ministry of Defence ( Tunisia ) Ministry of Defence ( Ukraine ) Ministry of Defence ( Uganda ) Ministry of Defence ( United Kingdom ) Ministry of Defence ( Vietnam ) Yugoslav Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence ( Zimbabwe ) Named `` Department '' United States Department of Defense Georgia Department of Defense, United States Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management, United States Department of Defence ( Australia ) Department of National Defence ( Canada ) Department of Defence ( Ireland ) Department of National Defense ( Philippines ) Department of Defence ( South Africa ) Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports, Switzerland Other names Security Bureau ( Hong Kong ) Secretariat of National Defense ( Mexico ) Historical Named `` Ministry of Defence '' Ministry of Defence ( 1947 -- 64 ), United Kingdom Named `` Ministry of War '', `` Department of War '' or `` War Office '' See also : Chamberlain war ministry and Churchill war ministry British War Office Ministry of War Transport Imperial Chinese Ministry of War Chinese Republic Ministry of War Ministry of War ( Kingdom of Bavaria ) Ministry of War ( Brazil ) Ministry of War ( Japan ) Ministry of War ( Russia ) Ministry of War of Saxony Ministry of War of Württemberg Prussian Ministry of War United States Department of War See also Defence diplomacy, refers to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives through the peaceful employment of defence resources and capabilities Defence minister, assigned to the person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence War Ministry ( Portugal ), the Portuguese government department responsible for military affairs from 1950 to 1974 War cabinet, a committee formed by a government in a time of war References Jump up ^ Nagendra Singh, The theory of force and organisation of defence in Indian constitutional history : from earliest times to 1947 ( 1969 ), p. 253. 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Question: what is the meaning of ministry of defence
Answer: a part of the government found in states where the government is divided into ministries or departments, responsible for matters of defence