Faction: The German Army The First World War Germany was recognised as having the most efficient army in the world. It ...

Marking the return of Radio 4’s wartime drama Home Front, we get an opportunity to explore the facts and myths of WW1 conscription. In response to growing casualties from the front line ...

And, arguably, nothing illustrates better the relevance to the Ireland of Tilly’s argument than the conscription crisis of the spring of 1918. Within weeks of the World War One beginning in the ...

An English magazine for the current month contains an interesting article on the nature and operations of the French conscription as it is now enforced. From it we draw the following facts ...

Only half of the guests at Serhiy and Tania's wedding showed up. Many were trying to avoid conscription squads Dark storm clouds threatened to upend Serhiy and Tania’s beach wedding. But as the ...

At the end of July, Russia raised the maximum conscription age by three years, widening the pool of men that can be called up to serve. Peter is one of millions affected by this change.

As global tensions ratchet up defensive preparations, countries are beginning to reconsider whether conscripting only men into their armed forces will be enough. Ukraine should get rid of its "old ...

As I say, there’s no plan for conscription." This week ... current situation is now "far more perilous" than it was before ...

The Executive Committee of the Irish Unionist Alliance had earlier unanimously adopted a motion claiming that any decision to exclude Ireland from conscription would be ‘a national disgrace’. The ...

A new exhibition in Glasgow is reflecting on the experience of soldiers from across the Commonwealth during WW1. John Akomfrah’s Mimesis: African Soldier is the current main gallery exhibition at the ...

If they do, they look over their shoulder for “man-hunting” patrols. Each patrol consists of police and conscription officers, groups of four to six officials that comb public areas such as ...