Was there a draft during WW II?
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Actually, there was a draft begun before the US actually entered the war (1940) which is one of the many reasons Conservatives still claim Roosevelt should have been impeached. A note however, after 1943 the only way someone could enter the military was through the draft, because enlistment allowed the new recruit some leeway in which field he would be assigned, and too many people were enlisting so they would be assigned to non-combat fields such as mechanics in the Air Corps.
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Yes, they had used it but only once in world war two. They dropped the bomb in 1945.
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Probably just after WW 2.
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ww2?? Your question is a little vague.
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Yes, of course there were teenage spies.  In the 1930s and 1940s teenagers were considered pretty close to being adult and often did adult work and had adult responsibiities.  \n\nMany young people lied about their age and joined the armed forces when they were much younger thatn 18.  The youngest I know of was only 14 when he went overseas to fight, for example.\n\nIn Europe the war was in everyone's backyard, so everyone had to do their part to survive.\n\nRead some books about the holocaust.  The Diary of Ann Frank is a good one to start with if you have not already read it.  It may be difficult for you to find information about specific teenage spies, but remember that most of the people joining the armed forces at the time would have been very young.  In GErmany Hitler YOuth was a very organized military unit and the youth were school aged - if you were grown up you were in the army for sure.\n\nThere may be some WWII veterans who live in your area.  See if you can find some.  They may be able to tell you more.\n\nI hope this is of some help to you.
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from 1939-1945 but the u.s. wasnt involved until 1941
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No. Plenty of volunteers are available. Not to mention a draft outside of invasion or imminent danger would tear the country to shreds.
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World War Two\nGerman Prisoners of War in Britain\n\nIn 1939 there were just two Prisoner of war camps in Britain. By the end of the war; there were more than 600.\n\nEach camp was given a number and was either a disused building - factory, college, hotel etc, or was a specially constructed building known as a Nissen hut. \n \nAlthough there were German prisoners of war in Britain from 1939, Britain was reluctant to accept large numbers of German prisoners of war until there was no longer a threat of a German invasion of Britain. Prior to the successful allied defeat of Germany in Africa in 1943, the majority of German prisoners of war were sent to camps in Canada and the US.\n\n\n However, after the allied invasion of Western Europe, known as D-Day, 6th June 1944, captured German soldiers were transported to Britain. Those who were Luftwaffe pilots or who were suspected of having knowledge of German military plans, were taken for interrogation before being sent to a camp. Strong Nazi supporters and members of the SS were sent to remote camps such as in the Scottish Highlands.\n\nThe terms of the Geneva Convention stipulated that prisoners of war should not be forced to work while in captivity. However, given the choice, many German prisoners of war chose to work rather than sit around the camp doing nothing. Those that chose to worked on farms - harvesting, digging ditches or repairing fences, in the construction industry - rebuilding homes damaged by bombing, or clearing bomb damage.\n\nThere were also activities within the camp such as lectures, concerts and English lessons, football and other sports. The range of alternative activities such as these varied from camp to camp. \n\nGerman prisoners of war were allocated the same food ration as British servicemen and given access to medical care. However, although they were relatively well looked after many German prisoners of war suffered mentally. They had no information about their families, the state of their country or when they would be released.\n\nAt the end of the war. prisoners were subjected to a re-education programme designed to equip them for life in the new Germany. Prisoners were also assessed with regard to continuing loyalty to Nazi ideals. Those that showed continuing loyalty remained in captivity. The first German prisoners of war returned to their homes in 1946, the last in 1949.\n\n(I think the last paragraph is significant here. I suspect that those considered to be die hard Nazis would be treated more harshly than others. Don't forget that also it was only after the cessation of hostilities that the depth and extent of Nazi atrocities became widely known - which, no doubt, effected the way in which German POWs would be perceived and treated by those responsible for guarding them.)
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World War II: The Impact at Home\n\nThe quick fall of France to the German army in 1940 shook the strong pacifist sentiment of the American public. Suddenly, Great Britain alone stood between Nazi Germany and the United States. Once the United States was fully committed to the war in December of 1941, patriotism soared in American society. Americans' willingness to carry out blackout and civil defense drills; to recycle metals, paper, and even cooking fats; to work longer hours, but to have fewer consumer goods to buy with their salaries demonstrated the nation's strong support for the war. There were political changes as well, as the country began to shift to the right. \n\nhttp://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture21.html\n\nWhat effects did WWII have on women in America?\n\nWomen began to do the jobs that the men used to do. They worked in factories, steel mills, and on fighter planes. A woman who worked in an industrial or manufacturing job was refered to as "Rosy the Riviter".\n\nWomen married earlier in life, had more children and relied much less on their husbands after the war. The divorce rate in the United States and Britain skyrocketed, compared to previous years. Women held higher paying jobs than in pre-war years, and this caused some conflict when men were discharged from the military and wanted their old jobs back, which were now held by women.\n\nWomen went into the workplace and never looked back. They took over factory jobs, drove trucks, flew military aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean to England, and numerous other jobs that had traditionaly been open only to men. Once the men returned from the war the women were more independant than ever and would never be content to sit at home again.\n\nWomen played the role of helping fabricate weapons and bombs and all the equipment the soldiers would need. Women never set foot on the battle field but they also were nurses and assistants and that helped alot since they needed medical treatments\n\nhttp://www.faqfarm.com/Q/What_effects_did_WWII_have_on_women_in_America
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
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The draft is a good thing. If our country needs soldiers then damnit you should serve when called upon. ITS LOYALTY. If you don't like it, then get the hell out and move to pakistan.\n\nWomen always biiitch about being equal if not better then men. If thats so true then they should be drafted as well.
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There is no official way to tell how a future draft would be instated because every draft has been different and the laws have changed since the last draft. Congress even has the right to draft women, if it sees fit to do so. For more information, visit the selective service website
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When there was the draft, nobody thought anything of it - it was just a fact of male life.  People of course tried to get out of it, sure.  But most people went if drafted and some even signed up to "get it out of the way."\n\nPeople thought it was one's duty to one's country to serve in the military.  Also, they thought it "built character," and "straightened kids out," and so on.\n\nBut there were other advantages to the draft.  There was no dearth of soldiers.  And when nearly everybody had somebody in the military, going to war was not an easily taken decision and if there was a war, it sat on more people's minds and hearts.  So the country was more involved and watchful.  And the burden of fighting was not borne disproportionately by minorities and the poor.\n\nSo there are advantages to the draft, mostly for the country at large.  The disadvantages seem mostly to relate to the concerns of individuals who would have their lives interrupted.
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Maybe we should start the draft before we start a THIRD WAR!  Maybe we can just call up the cub scouts, since everybody is already deployed.
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For more than 50 years, Selective Service and the registration requirement for America's young men have served as a backup system to provide manpower to the U.S. Armed Forces.\n\nPresident Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 which created the country's first peacetime draft and formally established the Selective Service System as an independent Federal agency.\n\nFrom 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means.\n\nIn 1973, the draft ended and the U.S. converted to an All-Volunteer military.
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More than one million, all volunteers.  There was no conscription.  45,000 Canadians died in WW2, and 55,000 were wounded.
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World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict that took place in 1939–1945. It was the largest and deadliest war in history, culminating in the Holocaust and the dropping of the atom bomb.