The Second World War started after Germany attacked Poland ... Young men have been receiving conscription letters from the government since May. This was the first of many sacrifices people ...

As the former spy-chief, Sir Alex Younger says that we need to rethink what a new type of national service could look like, defence expert Francis Tusa examines other European models where youngsters ...

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 ...

Conscription was last in place in the UK in 1960, as the last soldiers who served in the national service scheme introduced for the Second World War and Cold War were discharged. In last year’s ...