What is Conscription in World War 1?
Conscription is a form of forced service. Most commonly it is referred to as compulsory military service but it can also be forced work. In many countries men are forced to serve a certain amount of time in the military or navy when he turns a certain age. The reason why conscription is controversial is because some people believe that it violates the rights of an individual.
During World War One, every powerful country (minus Great Britain) had conscription in place, such as Germany, France, Italy and Russia.
What does conscription have to do with Australia in World War One?
At first, when World War one began in 1914, many volunteers flocked to the military to fight for Australia, but two years later, the number of new volunteers couldn’t make up for the number of casualties. The Australian Government made a direct appeal to all eligible men to volunteer, but soon realized this wouldn’t be enough. The government then held a poll, asking Australians whether they were in favour of conscription. The issue of conscription in World War One has caused much controversy between the people who are for and the people who are against conscription.
good job ! that was a realy interesting post and we now know what conscription is :D
ReplyDeletewhat age were men forced to join the military/navy ?
I like your post about conscription. It was good. Very informative, thanks.
ReplyDeleteA great post and a great background image. It seems strange that Great Britain did not have conscription prior to the outbreak of WW1 when all the other Great Powers had conscription in place. Can you explain why Great Britain did not have conscription?
ReplyDelete@flower/jasmine: they never did because conscription was never put into place.
ReplyDelete@mcwilkins: we are unsure, but perhaps the situation was similar to that in Australia.