Already before the start of World War 1 most European countries had compulsory military service.
No. There has never been a country in the modern world with the authority to give such an order to the rest of the world. Only Germany had its military limited because it was believed to be the agressor, the country which began the war, and that was decided by every country involved.
Since you did not indicate which country of military service you wanted to know about I can tell you there were many thousands of awards given out by all the military forces.
The United States. Commodore Matthew Perry, using military force, demanded the opening of Japanese ports in (...I believe it was) 1853.
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Germany was forced to pay the Allied Powers and accept blame for the war (apex)
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Roosevelt was the president during World War II, so in that sense he served his country. If you mean in the sense of military service, he did not. Roosevelt had polio, which would have made him unfit for military service as he spent most of his time in a wheelchair. He was also, as the president, the civilian commander in chief of the military and therefore unable to serve.
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In 1943 the Steelers merged with the Philadelphia Eaglesto form Phil-Pitt aka "Steagles". Also in 1944 the Steelers merged with the Chicago Cardinals to form Card-Pitt. The teams were forced to merge, because players were being lost to military service due to World War II.
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