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Conscription Quickquiz

 

 You have 60 seconds to answer true or false to the questions below:

1. Conscription had been used in Britain since Victorian times
2. The Military Training Act was introduced in 1939.
3. A list of reserved occupations was drawn up in 1939.
4. Men working in reserved occupations were the first to be conscripted.
5. Mining was a reserved occupation.
6. Conscription was introduced in Britain in October 1939.
7. Those conscripted in 1939 could choose which military service they joined
8. Conscientious objectors refused to be conscripted.
9. Women were never conscripted
10. Men who were too old to be conscripted joined the Home Guard

 

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