WW II: servicio militar obligatorio en Inglaterra?
Una preguntilla para los fanáticos de la 2 guerra mundial. En 1940 se que el reclutamiento era obligado en Inglaterra (me parece). Las preguntas son:
¿En 1943-44 también?
¿Existía la opción de objección de conciencia para negarse a ser reclutado? ¿bajo que motivos?
¿Un ciudadano Galés o Escocés también podía ser reclutado para el ejercito inglés? Tenían divisiones específicas?
Re: WW II: servicio militar obligatorio en Inglaterra?
Mil gracias por el interés, grotuk. :)
Re: WW II: servicio militar obligatorio en Inglaterra?
no es una respuesta directa pero algo puede ir ayudando ...
Territorial Army
Home Guard
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Re: WW II: servicio militar obligatorio en Inglaterra?
Pues al final encontré esto:
"In World War II following the National Service (Armed Forces) Act of 1939 there were around 61,000 conscientious objectors in Britain. As in World War I individuals had to face a tribunal, the tribunal could grant full exemption, conditional exemption on alternate service, exemption from combatant duties, or dismiss the objection. An individual could appeal to special appeal tribunals which were headed by a judge. Tests were much less harsh - if you were not a member of the Quakers or some similar pacifist church, it was generally enough to say that you objected to "warfare as a means of settling international disputes", a phrase from the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928.
Of the 61,000 only 3,000 were given complete exemption and 18,000 were dismissed as false claimants. Of those that undertook military service almost 7,000 joined the Non-Combatant Corps, set up in mid-1940; its companies worked in the medical services or any military project not requiring the handling of "material of an aggressive nature". Around 450 NCC members worked in bomb disposal. About 5,500 objectors were imprisoned, charged with offences relating to their unrecognized objection. A further 1,000 were court-martialled and sent to military prisons."
Gracias a los dos. Por cierto, todo esto es para crear un personaje secundario de un guión ambientado en dicha época.