ABSTRACT
In the case of the Royal Naval College Greenwich, some thought had been given to the future role of the establishment well before hostilities ceased, and in March 1945 the Admiralty announced their intention to increase ties with British universities and that the general obligations of the College extended in peacetime. Naval manpower had peaked in the spring of 1944, and the early days of peace saw drastic reductions, although it noted that demobilising sailors was a considerably more complex and sensitive matter than scrapping ships. Accordingly, a committee was charged with investigating future of Greenwich for the general, technical and scientific education of officers, the provision of courses and the requirements for professorial and instructional staff, laboratories and equipment. One of effects of arrival of the Junior Officers War Course (JOWC) was to greatly expand the role of the History and English Department, which was both the most recent but to date also smallest of academic groups.
