The last conscription in the UK was more than eight decades ago during World War 2 and, like back then, certain call-up ...
The last time full conscription was introduced in the UK was during WW2, but even then certain exemptions applied.
Though the British Crown has a long-standing connection to the Armed Forces, one member of the Royal Family certainly stands ...
Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...
British military officials estimate that between 200,000 and 250,000 Russian soldiers have died, marking what they call ...
In WW2, conscription began for men aged between 20 to 22 in 1939, up to six months before the war actually broke out. The UK ...
If implemented, ordinary citizens would be drafted in for compulsory military training and placed on "standby" for possible ...
The document further explains: "On the day Britain declared war on Germany, 3 September 1939, Parliament swiftly enacted a ...