From Tubes To Transistors. From UNIVAC to the latest desktop PCs, computer evolution has moved very rapidly. The first-generation computers were known for using vacuum tubes in their construction. The generation to follow would use the much smaller and more efficient transistor. From Tubes...
Clement Attlee continued this arrangement when he came to power in 1945 but appointed a separate Minister of Defence for the first time in 1947. In 1964, the present form of the Ministry of Defence was established, unifying the War Office, Admiralty, and Air Ministry. The records of the War Office are kept by The National Archives under their code WO.
The United States joined the war April 6, 1917 when they declared war on Germany. Curiously, the US didn't officially declare war on Germany's co-combatants the Austro-H â¦ ungarian Empire until Dec of 1917. The US remained neutral from the outbreak of the war in 1914 until spring of 1917.