Council of war
A council of war is an assembly of higher military commanders, which is usually convened by a commander in chief . It serves him to be informed about the moral and physical condition of his troops, and to learn the opinion of the lower commanders on the current military situation. Often the convening of a council of war served to distribute responsibility for the decision made afterwards to all officers present .
Later the term referred to a higher official in the war ministries ( Secret War Council , Real Secret War Council ).
Colloquially, a crisis meeting of non-military circles is called a council of war .
Soviet Union
In the Red Army , Военный Совет , usually translated as a military council , referred to a collegial military leadership body of associations. In the armies typically led by lieutenant generals or colonels general, the military council consisted of the army commander and two other generals, typically of the rank of major general. The Revolutionary War Council was the highest collegial body for the administration and supervision of the Red Army until 1934.
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In Brandenburg-Prussia , the council of war was a military officer from the late 17th to the early 19th century who was responsible for raising funds to maintain the army in times of war and peacetime in a certain territory. He collected taxes and administered the royal domains , but had no military authority.
See also
literature
- Bernhard von Poten (Ed.): Concise dictionary of the entire military sciences . Volume VI, Leipzig and Bielefeld 1878.