However, conscription into a full-time military service had only been instituted twice by the government of Canada, during both world wars. Conscription into...

The Conscription Crisis of 1944 was a political and military crisis following the introduction of forced military service for men in Canada during World...

The Conscription Crisis of 1917 (French: Crise de la conscription de 1917) was a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I. It was mainly...

Conscription, also known as the draft in American English, is the practice in which the mandatory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military...

Conscription in Australia, also known as National Service following the Second World War, has a controversial history which dates back to the implementation...

Conscription in Russia (Russian: всеобщая воинская обязанность, romanized: vseobshchaya voinskaya obyazannost, translated as "universal military obligation"...

traveling abroad. In April 2024, President Zelensky signed new conscription laws, passed by the national legislature, that lowered the conscription age by two...

The Conscription Crisis of 1918 stemmed from a move by the British government to impose conscription (military draft) in Ireland in April 1918 during...

in an army or other militia, air forces, and naval forces, whether as a chosen job (volunteer) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription)...

Britain, China, and the Soviet Union. Despite another Conscription Crisis in Quebec in 1944, Canada finished the war with a large army and strong economy...

partial conscription for both men and women since 2017. After completing training, conscripts are placed in the reserve and assigned positions in the table...

A conscription crisis is a public dispute about a policy of conscription, or mandatory service in the military, known in US English as a "draft". A dispute...

Conscription evasion or draft evasion (American English) is any successful attempt to elude a government-imposed obligation to serve in the military forces...

Conscription in Finland is part of a general compulsion for national military service for all adult males (Finnish: Asevelvollisuus; Swedish: Värnplikt)...

income tax. In 1917, facing what he believed to be a shortage in Canadian soldiers, Borden introduced conscription, angering French Canada and sparking...

majority of the manpower in the Swiss Armed Forces. On September 22, 2013, a referendum that aimed to abolish conscription was held in Switzerland. However...

system of compulsory military service. Since the late 1970s, the Chinese conscription laws mandate a hybrid system that combines conscripts and volunteers...

as existed in Britain. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, head of the Liberal Party of Canada, refused to join the coalition over the issue of conscription, which was...

Germany put conscription into abeyance on 1 July 2011. While the German constitution retains the legal instruments for reintroducing conscription in Germany...

oversaw Canada's involvement in World War I. In 1917, the party introduced conscription, triggering a national divide known as the Conscription Crisis...

the conscription criteria are required to serve once they reach 18 years of age unless they qualify for any of the above-mentioned exemptions. In 1949...

conscription system in accordance with the regulations set by the government of the Republic of China. All qualified male citizens of military age in...

In the United States, military conscription, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the U.S. federal government in six conflicts: the American...

Conscription in North Korea occurs despite ambiguity concerning its legal status. Men are universally conscripted while women undergo selective conscription...

coalition government to Liberal leader Sir Wilfrid Laurier in order to enact conscription and to govern for the remainder of the war. Laurier rejected...

A plebiscite on conscription was held in Canada on 27 April 1942. It was held in response to the Conservative Party lobbying Prime Minister William Lyon...

Conscription in Denmark (Danish: Værnepligt) is mandatory for all physically fit men over the age of 18, according to the Constitution of Denmark, §81...

serve. The length of conscription is between 18 months to 2 years. Before the 1979 revolution, women were also forced to serve in the military. However...

In Brazil, conscription is mandatory for every male who has turned 18 years old. It normally lasts for twelve months. But in practice people are not forced...

Service militaire) was an Act passed by the Parliament of Canada which introduced conscription in the midst of the First World War. It was passed due to...