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Conscription is the state-mandated
enlistment of
people in a
national service,
mainly a
military service.
Conscription dates back to
antiquity and it continues...
- As of
December 2023,
there is no
active military conscription in Canada.
Conscription was
implemented in
Canada only
during World War I and
World War II...
- as a
chosen job (volunteer) or as a
result of an
involuntary draft (
conscription). Some nations, such as Israel,
require a
specific amount of military...
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Conscription in Australia, also
known as
National Service following the
Second World War, has a
controversial history which dates back to the implementation...
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Conscription in
Denmark (Danish: Værnepligt) is
mandatory for all
physically fit men over the age of 18,
according to the
Constitution of Denmark, §81...
- In the
United States of America,
military conscription,
commonly known as the draft, has been emplo**** by the U.S.
federal government in six conflicts:...
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Conscription in
Russia (Russian: всеобщая воинская обязанность, romanized: vseobshchaya
voinskaya obyazannost,
translated as "universal
military obligation"...
- In the
United Kingdom,
military conscription has
existed for two
periods in
modern times. The
first was from 1916 to 1920, and the
second from 1939 to...
- 55 of the
Constitution of the People's
Republic of
China prescribes conscription by stating: "It is a
sacred duty of
every citizen of the People's Republic...
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Conscription in
South Korea has
existed since 1957 and
requires male
citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 to
perform compulsory military service. Women...