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<p>The <b>Minister of Munitions</b> was a British government position created during the <a href="page.php?w=World_War_I">First World War</a> to oversee and co-ordinate the production and distribution of munitions for the war effort. The position was created in response to the <a href="page.php?w=Shell_Crisis_of_1915">Shell Crisis of 1915</a> when there was much newspaper criticism of the shortage of artillery shells and fear of sabotage.  The Ministry was created by the <a href="page.php?w=Munitions_of_War_Act_1915">Munitions of War Act 1915</a> passed</p><p>
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