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What did nations do to increase the size of their armies?
They forced prisoners into their armies.
They created conscription programs.
They allowed women into their armies.
They allowed twelve-year-olds to join.
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- They forced prisoners into their armies — True. States have used convicts or penal battalions (e.g., British and other forces offered pardons for enlistment in earlier centuries; Soviet shtrafbats and other penal units in WWII) to boost manpower.
- They created conscription programs — True. Mandatory military service/drafts are the most common way nations expanded their armies (Napoleonic levées, WWI and WWII drafts, Cold War conscription systems).
- They allowed women into their armies — Partly true. Many countries mobilized women (auxiliary and later regular roles) especially in WWII and after; the Soviet Union even used women in combat roles. Widespread full integration of women into all combat roles is a more recent development.
- They allowed twelve-year-olds to join — Generally false. Modern states did not normally enlist children that young; some historical or irregular forces have used child soldiers, but official state practice of recruiting 12‑year‑olds is rare and illegal under contemporary international law.
- They forced prisoners into their armies — True. States have used convicts or penal battalions (e.g., British and other forces offered pardons for enlistment in earlier centuries; Soviet shtrafbats and other penal units in WWII) to boost manpower.
- They created conscription programs — True. Mandatory military service/drafts are the most common way nations expanded their armies (Napoleonic levées, WWI and WWII drafts, Cold War conscription systems).
- They allowed women into their armies — Partly true. Many countries mobilized women (auxiliary and later regular roles) especially in WWII and after; the Soviet Union even used women in combat roles. Widespread full integration of women into all combat roles is a more recent development.
- They allowed twelve-year-olds to join — Generally false. Modern states did not normally enlist children that young; some historical or irregular forces have used child soldiers, but official state practice of recruiting 12‑year‑olds is rare and illegal under contemporary international law.
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