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From: "Dean Wittke" <>
Subject: Re: military conscription
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 08:34:44 -0700
References: <20021003184027.05120.00006344@mb-fn.aol.com>


That's a pretty broad question being that there was no real "Germany" at the
time, just a loose confederation of German speaking countries. I do believe
Prussia had universal conscription for pretty much the entire period after
1813 or so.

"ELd380017" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Would someone know if all young men of Germany way back in the 1800 to
1860 era
> were required to be conscripted into the military service?
>
> thank you, Ed


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