1) In democracies, because they wish to serve and protect their country, its freedoms, its way of life and those who can not or will not do this for themselves.
2) In democracies, because it is a job.
3) In some countries citizens are required to serve in the armed forces by means of conscription.
Military service has a long and honorable history. A good military record is an asset to getting into many careers, especially if one is an officer. The pay is pretty good and the job is secure. There are educational benefits, health care and a good pension plan.
Women did the jobs that were usually done by the men who were by now in the Armed Forces. They worked in factories, drove buses and worked on farms. They were also employed in the Armed Forces but not in combative roles.
Women should join the military for their own personal convictions and reasons. There is no proper answer to this question. It may be the same reasons that a man joins the military. It may be for money, patriotism, or glory. Women should challenge themselves and do what they want to do, men as well. We should stop separating ourselves from each other, we are all human beings and citizens of the world.
Men between the ages of 18 and 35 were drafted. Women were not drafted but 350,000 women did join the forces.
Often women took on the jobs that men who had gone to fight in the armed forces had such as steelwork etc.
The answer to your question: 16,353,700 men & women served in the armed forces during World War Two.
Should young men and women be required to serve in the armed forces? Why, Yes.
it an opportunity for a nation to show support for the men and women who make up the armed forces
Many, many brave men and women !!
In the armed forces men and women jobs are equal!!
Women did the jobs that were usually done by the men who were by now in the Armed Forces. They worked in factories, drove buses and worked on farms. They were also employed in the Armed Forces but not in combative roles.
In the main, those serving in the armed forces. Do not forget that females also serve.
Women should join the military for their own personal convictions and reasons. There is no proper answer to this question. It may be the same reasons that a man joins the military. It may be for money, patriotism, or glory. Women should challenge themselves and do what they want to do, men as well. We should stop separating ourselves from each other, we are all human beings and citizens of the world.
The Armed Forces in the United States are tax-payer funded. The government uses taxes paid in by the civilian and military population to fund pay for the military service men and women.
Durind ww2, 1,100,000 Canadians had sereved in the armed forces, of these fewer than 100,000 were conscripted, of which only 13,000 were sent overseas. All of the 92,000 Canadian soldiers who served in Italy, were volunteers.
0.5 million men signed up to join the armed forces in 1914.
They freed men up to do combat tasks.
Soldiers were service men and women who enlisted or were drafted into the armed forces of the various countries involved.