The issue of conscription or mandatory military service tore Canada apart during the First World War. Pictured here, soldiers standing by a sign denouncing men who did not sign up for the war.

After the conclusion of World War I, conscription was temporarily suspended, but it returned in the lead-up to World War II. In 1939, with the outbreak of hostilities, the National Service (Armed ...

Marking the return of Radio 4’s wartime drama Home Front, we get an opportunity to explore the facts and myths of WW1 conscription ... which was set during WW2. Comedy Dad’s Army deals ...