The U.S. entered World War 2 with a very small standing army. It would have been impossible to raise the necessary forces with only volunteers. The draft was necessary to raise the manpower needed to defeat the axis powers.
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same way it does now
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Yes, WW2 had military draft in Britain, Canada and USA.
I belive there were only three wars the draft was used for, the civil War, World War 2, and the Vietnam conflict. There might have also been a draft for WW1
Yes, Canadians were drafted into the Military during World War 2, most of these people were Blacks and other kinds of Mix-raced people.
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World War 1 and World War 2.
Yes, for WW1
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90% by the draft
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I belive there were only three wars the draft was used for, the civil War, World War 2, and the Vietnam conflict. There might have also been a draft for WW1
Oct 1940
Oct 1940