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What Conscription is?

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Conscription is the forced enlistment of citizens of a country to fight for their country.

In Britain and some other countries conscription means compulsory military service. In the U.S. it's called the draft.

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Many nations have conscription laws. In some cases this means military duty. In other cases it means that time must be spent on national projects, such as working in hospitals.

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A conscript is when a government takes citezens to join in the army to fill in their ranks.

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