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National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939
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National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939
The
National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939
was enacted by the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
on 3 September 1939, the day the
United Kingdom
declared war on Germany at the start of the
Second World War
. It superseded the
Military Training Act 1939
(passed in May of that year) and enforced full conscription on all males between 18 and 41 who were residents in the UK.
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It was continued in a modified form in peacetime by the
National Service Act 1948
.
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