Most people didn't enlist the were drafted. If you were a male between the ages of 18 and 30 you needed to declare for the draft but it didn't mean necessarily you would be drafted but most likely you were
This being the cusp of the depression, many needed a job. Others just wanted to revenge Pearl Harbor, most joined because they were going to drafted anyway.
Men enlisted in war because they were interested in serving their counrty in time of war.
because they wanted to
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At the beginning of World War Two (and before) men willingly enlisted. The government put the draft in place eventually. The draft weeded out those who were not eligible to serve and those who could. Men continued to enlist willingly though. Some young men who were only 17 uncommonly and fraudulently enlisted too by telling the recruiters they were 18 and often showed false papers.
The military from every contributing country used film to state propaganda/current news and recruitment. The film industry also romanticized war so that young men would enlist.
Why would Canadians enlist in the American military instead of their own...
When the men started war
Yes, many did.
propaganda posters
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World War 2
You had to be 18 to enlist for the British Army in World war II, though some boys who were younger were able to enlist using false documentation.
I believe there was was a Frenchman, aged 84
35 years old
They encouraged people to enlist
To encourage people to be brave, help with the war effort at home or enlist in the Army.
world war 2
At the beginning of World War Two (and before) men willingly enlisted. The government put the draft in place eventually. The draft weeded out those who were not eligible to serve and those who could. Men continued to enlist willingly though. Some young men who were only 17 uncommonly and fraudulently enlisted too by telling the recruiters they were 18 and often showed false papers.
probably, and those inducted when they were visiting Germany at the time war broke out.....