Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues...
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Military service (redirect from Conscription by country)
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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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...
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Conscription in Russia (Russian: всеобщая воинская обязанность, romanized: vseobshchaya voinskaya obyazannost, translated as "universal military obligation"...
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Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), maintains an active conscription system in accordance with the regulations set by the government of the...
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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...
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military conscription has existed for two periods in modern times. The first was from 1916 to 1920, and the second from 1939 to 1960. The last conscription term...
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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...
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The No Conscription League was an anarchist organisation designed to promote anti-draft manifestos and aid those who refused military service. The league...
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enacted in China since 1949. According to The World Factbook, "the PLA’s conscription system functions as a levy; the PLA establishes the number of enlistees...
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Sweden has had partial conscription for both men and women since 2017. After completing training, conscripts are placed in the reserve and assigned positions...
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2024, President Zelensky signed new conscription laws, passed by the national legislature, that lowered the conscription age by two years, from 27 to 25,...
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However, conscription into a full-time military service had only been instituted twice by the government of Canada, during both world wars. Conscription into...
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will serve, and a person cannot choose where to serve. The length of conscription is between 18 months to 2 years. Before the 1979 revolution, women were...
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Conscription in Eritrea requires every able bodied man and woman to serve, ostensibly, for 18 months. In this time, they receive six months of military...
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Conscription, sometimes called "the draft", is the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service. Men have been...
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Gibraltar (redirect from Conscription in Gibraltar)
Gibraltar (/dʒɪˈbrɔːltər/ jih-BRAWL-tər, Spanish: [xiβɾalˈtaɾ]) is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula...
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rules apply to Turks abroad. For Turks with multiple citizenship, the conscription lapses if they have already served in the army of another country. Conscripts...
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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...
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The Conscription Crisis of 1944 was a political and military crisis following the introduction of forced military service for men in Canada during World...
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Conscription in the Philippines has been implemented at several points in the country's history. As of 2022[update], no mandatory conscription is in effect...
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Conscription in the Netherlands (Dutch: dienstplicht) was first employed in 1810 by French occupying forces. Napoleon's brother Louis Bonaparte, who was...
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The Federal Republic of Germany had conscription (Wehrpflicht, German: [ˈveːɐ̯ˌp͡flɪçt] ) for male citizens between 1956 and 2011. On 22 November 2010...
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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...
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Conscription in Finland is part of a general compulsion for national military service for all adult males (Finnish: Asevelvollisuus; Swedish: Värnplikt)...
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France was the first modern nation state to introduce universal military conscription as a condition of citizenship. This was done in order to provide manpower...
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The No-Conscription Fellowship was a British pacifist organisation which was founded in London by Fenner Brockway and Clifford Allen on 27 November 1914...
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Conscription in Egypt (Arabic: التجنيد, romanized: at-tagnīd) is a form of a compulsory military service in Egypt. Conscription is compulsory in Egypt...
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Hughes called a plebiscite to determine public support for extending conscription to include military service outside the Commonwealth for the duration...
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