114 Factors limiting the number of trained men which can be made available for the armed forces at the outbreak of war. 7. The U.S.A. is now the only foreign country of importance dealt with in this paper which has not adopted or re-adopted conscription, so that practically the whole man-power of a nation from about the age of 20 upwards can be regarded as trained to arms, except in the case of the U.S.A., and certain "ex-enemy" countries which have only recently re-adopted the conscript system. 8.
- Collection ID
- CAB56
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Austria Belgium Bulgaria China Czechoslovakia Denmark Dutch East Indies Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Japan Latvia Libya Lithuania Netherlands Poland Romania Spain Turkey Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 56/2/12
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 56/2
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab56.0002.012
- Keywords
- Mobilisation Armaments Assessing Enemy Strength Conscription Industry Air Warfare Manpower Military Shortages Trade Training War Materials Neutrality Communications
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Committee of Imperial Defence Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 15
- Persons Discussed
- Desmond Anderson Charles Medhurst
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations
