The Joint Services School for Linguists (JSSL) was founded in Global Metrics Human security Major Armed Conflicts: Total Deaths in Battle: 700,000 people Violent Deaths caused by Government (Other than War): Violent Deaths caused by other humans: Juvenile Violent Crime: Political security Nations Holding Multi-party Elections: Percentage Living under a Fully Democratic System of Governance: Free Countries: Percentage... 1951 by the The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majestys Armed Forces, officially the Armed Forces of the Crown. Their Commander-in-Chief is the Queen and they are managed by the Ministry of Defence. The British Armed Forces are charged with... British armed services to provide language training, principally in Russian (русский язык  listen?) is the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages. Russian belongs to the group of Indo-European languages, and is therefore related to Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin, as well as the modern Germanic, Romance, and Celtic... Russian, and largely to selected conscripts undergoing National Service was the name given to the system of military conscription employed in Great Britain (but not Northern Ireland) between 1949 and 1960. The same term is still used to describe the compulsory military service that is still implemented in some countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Greece and the Russian... National Service. The school closed with the ending of conscription in 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January - State of emergency is lifted in Kenya - Mau Mau Rebellion is officially over January 1 - Independence of Cameroon January 9 - Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 14 - Ralph Chubb, the... 1960, after which the services made their own provisions as they had prior to the school (and, to some extent, even during its operation).

The founding of the school was prompted by the need to provide greater numbers of interpreters, Intelligence is the process and the result of gathering and analysing difficult to obtain or altogether secret information. See espionage, intelligence agencies. Business intelligence denotes the public or secret information that an organization obtains about its competitors and market. Military espionage is an element of warfare which covers the aspects... intelligence and SIGINT stands for SIGnals INTelligence, which is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether by radio interception or other means. SIGINT SIGINT became far more central to military (and to some extent diplomatic) intelligence generally with the mechanization of armies, development of blitzkrieg tactics, use of submarine and commerce raiders... signals intelligence officers due to the The Cold War ( 1947- 1991) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. On one side was the Soviet Union and its allies, often referred to as the Eastern bloc. On the other side were the... Cold War, and the The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. It was also a Cold War proxy war between the United States and its United Nations allies and the communist powers of the Peoples... Korean War which had started the previous year. The attraction of avoiding normal military training and threat of being "returned to unit" if the weekly test was failed tended to make for attentive students. Russian tutors tended to be a mixture of The White movement, whose military arm is known as the White Army (Белая Армия) or White Guard (Белая Гвардия, белогвардейцы... White Russian émigrés and carefully vetted The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) .( Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик... Soviet A defector is generally a person who gives up allegiance to a certain country in exchange for allegiance to another. This act is usually in an illegal way (as opposed to changing citizenship). For example, during the Cold war, the many people escaping across the Berlin Wall to flee from... defectors.

JSSL was initially based at three main sites near The town of Bodmin lies in the centre of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, along the western edge of Bodmin Moor. St. Petroc founded a priory here in the 6th century; he gave the alternate name to Bodmin which is Petrockstow. In the 15th century the church of St. Petroc... Bodmin, Caterham and The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. It lies approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London and is surrounded by a number of smaller towns and villages. It is also at the heart of Silicon Fen, which... Cambridge, run respectively by the The British Army is the land armed forces of the United Kingdom. It numbers 99,400 fully trained and professional regulars (as of April 2004). In contrast to the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, the British Army does not include royal in its title, because of its roots... Army, Royal Navy Ensign The Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. It operates a number of aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, fifteen nuclear submarines, and various other ships, as well as aircraft, and the UKs amphibious force: the Royal Marines. The Royal Navy is the largest navy in... Navy and RAF is an abbreviation for: Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry) Red Army Fraction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia Rapid Action Force in India Rachunarski Fakultet RAF is also an... RAF. In 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. (see link for calendar) Events January January 1 - End of Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 - President Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 - Italy January 26 - United Kingdom bans heroin January 26 - The last Soviet troops leave the military base in... 1956 the three were amalgamated at a former airfield near the fishing village of Crail is a burgh in Fife, Scotland. It is built around a harbour, and has a museum and a pottery. The most notable building in the town is its twelfth century church. The Crail golf course is the fourth oldest in the world and the first to use circular golf... Crail on the east coast of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. Scotland has a land boundary with England in the island of Great Britain and is otherwise bounded by seas and oceans. These boundaries... Scotland.

Aside from their military contribution, many of the estimated 6,000 trainees continued to use their skills in their subsequent civilian life in translation, business, education and cultural life. Notable An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. The term is often used synonymously with graduate. Alumni reunions are a popular event at many institutions. They are organized by alumni associations and are often social occasions for fundraising... alumni of the school include former Governor of the The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom, sometimes known as The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street or The Old Lady. The Bank of England Functions of the bank It performs all the recognized functions of a central bank -- to maintain price stability, and subject to... Bank of England Edward Alan John George, Baron George, GBE, PC, (born 1938), known as Eddie George, or Steady Eddie, was Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 2003. After attending Dulwich College and learning Russian at the Joint Services School for Linguists during his National Service, George joined the Bank... Eddie George, playwright and novelist Michael Frayn (born 8 September 1933) is a British playwright and novelist. He is mainly known as the author of Noises Off and the play Copenhagen concerning Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg. His most recent novel, Spies, won the Whitbread Prize for Fiction in 2002. His play Democracy was a... Michael Frayn, actor and writer Alan Bennett (born May 9, 1934) is an English writer and actor. Born in Leeds Bennett was schooled at Russian at the Joint Services School for Linguists during his National Service, and gained a first-class degree in history from Exeter College, Oxford. In August 1960, Bennett, along with Dudley... Alan Bennett, dramatist Dennis Christopher George Potter (May 17, 1935 – June 7, 1994) was a controversial British dramatist who is best known for several widely acclaimed television dramas which mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. He was particularly fond of using themes and images from popular culture. Potter was... Dennis Potter, and former director of the Categories: Stub | London attractions | Theatre in London | British Theatres ... Royal National Theatre For the Australian politician, see Peter Hall (politician) Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall (born 22 November 1930) is a British theatre and film director. He was born in Bury St. Edmunds, England and learnt Russian at the Joint Services School for Linguists during his National Service. Hall is best known... Sir Peter Hall.

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• British military history is a long and varied topic, extending from the prehistoric and ancient historic period, through the Roman invasions of Julius Cæsar and Claudius and subsequent Roman occupation; warfare in the Mediaeval period, including the invasions of the Saxons and the Vikings in the Dark Ages... British military history
• Shortcut: UK topics This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. Geography and the environment Great Britain United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Ireland, consisting of: Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland (not part of the United Kingdom) Isle of Man (not part of the United Kingdom) Channel Islands... UK topics