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The Call-Up: A History Of National Service
- Length
- 13 hours 15 minutes
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- Catalogue Number
- 7763
- Synopsis
After WW2 ended, Britain's new Labour government took an unprecedented step - the introduction of compulsory military service in peacetime. When national service ended in 1963 over two million young men had been called up. The experiences of over 100 men, some hilarious others harrowing, are recorded in this book.