During the Second World War, Prime Minister Mackenzie King dodged a political bullet called conscription; playing his political hand brilliantly and offering a case study in the art of holding ...

Given the possibility of ongoing Russian aggression sparking a major conflict across Europe, the thought of reintroducing conscription ... 80 years ago during World War 2. Although there was ...

But comments from top military officials about what could happen if NATO goes to war with Russia have made the possibility of being called up to fight feel closer than it has in generations.

Renewed discussion about the looming threat of World War III has come to the fore after a top British general warned conscription ... the country’s second biggest city. Nato jets have been ...

Britain introduced conscription in the months leading up to World War II. It saw single men aged 20 to 22 requiring six months of military training, with 240,000 called up. When war was officially ...

Conscription was extended until 1920 to allow the army to deal with continuing trouble spots in the Empire and parts of Europe. In the run-up to the Second World War, plans for limited ...

As countries around the world commemorate the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces on 8 May 1945, ...