Royal College of Defense Studies

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The Royal College of Defense Studies (RCDS) in London is a university for the basic, advanced and advanced training of the British armed forces . The RCDS is part of the Defense Academy of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom 's Armed Forces and is currently headed by Commandant Lieutenant General (Retd) Sir David Bill.

history

In 1922 a cabinet commission chaired by Winston Churchill , then Secretary of State for the Colonies , recommended the creation of a college to serve the military defense of the Empire . The college was founded in 1927 as Imperial Defense College and was based at 9 Buckingham Gate in London until 1939 . After World War II, it reopened at Seaford House, Belgrave Square. In 1970 it was renamed the Royal College of Defense Studies .

Well-known lecturers

• Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce

Well-known graduates

• Norbert Baas , Wolf-Ruthart Born , Gerhard Brugmann , Peter Heinrich Carstens , Manfred Eisele , Manfred Engelhardt , Emmanuel Erskine , Colin Hannah , Michael Jeffery , Wolfgang Jilke , Andrzej Karweta , John Lavarack , Franz Leitgeb , Rüdiger Lüdeking , Keith Elliott Hedley Morris , Pervez Musharraf , Klaus Naumann , Catherine Elizabeth Nettleton , Henning von Ondarza , Frank Ropers , Jürgen Ruwe , Walter Jürgen Schmid

Web links

• Website Royal College of Defense Studies (English)