The Aeronautical Research Committee was a UK government committee established in 1919 in order to coordinate aeronautical research and education following World War I. Its scope was both military and civil applications. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Aeronautics is the science and practice of aerial locomotion, i. ... Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, good judgement and wisdom. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

During the deteriorating international situation of the 1930s (see Events preceding World War II in Europe), the committee was given fresh impetus with the appointment of Sir Henry Tizard. One of the committee's most important decisions was to speed the development of a national system of air defence based on radar. Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term ecosystem War, peace and politics Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism Rise to... This article chronicles the events preceding those of the European Theatre of World War II. In Europe, the origins of the war are closely tied to the rise of fascism, especially in Nazi Germany. ... Sir Henry Thomas Tizard (1885 - 1959) was a British scientist and inventor. ... M*A*S*H, see Corporal Walter (Radar) OReilly. ...

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• Cmd.554 1920 (http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/bopall/ref8303.html)