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Explain why some people objected to the war
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Explain why some people objected to the war As the war progressed, more and more soldiers were needed to help out in the war to replace the large amounts of soldiers with casualties, as the amounts of volunteers were declining each month. There were many men who were eligible to fight but were not volunteering, so conscription had to be introduced to keep the numbers of soldiers great enough to defeat the Germans. In January 1916, The Military Service Act was introduced. All unmarried men and widowers without children or dependants between the ages of 18 and 41 were all forced to join the war. This Service Act did not apply to unmarried men who were in reserved occupations, the people who were the sole supporters of a household, those with medical disabilities or men who objected to the war on moral grounds, who had to claim exemption. This Act later...
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