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Ideas 53:59 War-Torn: Conscription 1917 When World War One started, much of Canada reflexively felt obliged to participate. Some even say that the Great War turned Canada into a true nation.
Conscription in World War One. Image source, Getty Images. In March 1916, the Military Service Act imposed conscription on all single men aged 18 to 41.
Altogether, a higher percentage of American men successfully resisted conscription during World War I than during the Vietnam War half a century later. Twitter: @mkazin.
American entry into the First World War one hundred years ago, on April 6, 1917, generated significant constitutional changes that resonate a century later. The war enormously expanded the economic ...
Conscription in World War One. Image source, Getty Images. In March 1916, the Military Service Act imposed conscription on all single men aged 18 to 41.
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