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The Military Service Act, 1917 (French: Loi concernant le Service militaire) [1] was an Act passed by the Parliament of Canada which introduced conscription in the midst of the First World War. [2] It was passed due to a shortage of volunteers and was an effort to conscript more soldiers .
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 caused by disagreement on whether men should be conscripted to fight in the war, but also brought out many issues regarding relations between French Canadians and English Canadians.
v. t. e. Compulsory service in a sedentary militia was practiced in Canada as early as 1669 and continued until the late 19th century, when Canada's sedentary Reserve Militia system fell into disuse. However, conscription into a full-time military service had only been instituted twice by the government of Canada, during both world wars .
Between the 17th century and 1900, Sweden had an allotment system. Mandatory military service for men was introduced in 1901. During the height of the Cold War, about 85% of Swedish men were conscripted. [ 1] In 2010, the male-only system was replaced with a gender-neutral conscription system; at the same time conscription was mothballed.
Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. [ 1] Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day under various names. The modern system of near-universal national conscription for young men dates to the French Revolution in the 1790s, where ...
BTS members V, RM, Jungkook and Jimin are reporting for duty with the South Korean military.The four K-pop superstars followed in the footsteps of their fellow bandmates, Jin, J-hope and Suga, who ...
Assented to. June 21, 1940 [ 1] The National Resources Mobilization Act, 1940 ( French: Loi sur la mobilisation des ressources nationales, 4 George VI, Chap. 13) was a statute of the Parliament of Canada passed to provide for better planning of a much greater Canadian war effort, both overseas and in military production at home.
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