OK,i didn’t really want to ask this on ILP,i did try to research it first,if there is any other place i should look,please tell me.
Did the U.S. draft for iraq? That’s basically all i want to know.I have all the relavent draft information on how it works…http://science.howstuffworks.com/us-draft.htm
Me?I’m in canada,which i have never heard of drafting,but if it did you might want to clue me in as well…
The U.S. has not employed conscription since the early 1970s.
Canada did use conscription in the Second World War:
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/newspapers/canadawar/conscription_e.html
Thanks.
Hey,i finally learned what D-Day is.
Yeah, I was going to respond to that, but I really couldn’t think of anything to say.
Remember that for someone 20 years old today, not only was World War II before his time, it was also before his parents’ time, and might even be before his grandparents’ time. In fact, by the time someone currently 20 was old enough to know what the Soviet Union was, it no longer existed.
I don’t mean to beat up on Drift- he’s one of the good guys. 
But although my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather wasn’t even a zygote then I still know about the Battle of Bannockburn, the War of the Roses, and Battle of Thermopylae! We’re talking epoch changing history, and some of the pivotal events in the course of human history.
Not trying to make you feel bad, Drift! For everyone there was a point where we didn’t know stuff. Maybe you’re a little younger than I’d realized? 
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It’s sad, too, that these kids can’t at least take the historical perspective out of the shooting games that are based on something.
I played this game, (call of duty 2) and literally felt the fear of being in a situation like that. Nowadays kids play Normandy and all they feel is the sheer excitement from blasting a person in the head with a bullet.
You you died? Don’t worry… you’ll respawn.
First of all i don’t try to be offended.Second of all i am a specialist. That means i’ll sound real smart in some areas,where in other areas i’ll be incomplete.
I have extencive bible knowledge,a fair share of medical knowledge to be conservative, and other things… My dad wasn’t a general,and none of my family are students of war… I also consider myself fairly good at computer jargon.
I still think about what tentative said about posters not afraid to expose their weaknesses…That’s on the ‘most sensible post of the day’ thread by the way.
I also don’t think people are taught military history in school…at least in canada. But than my memory isn’t the greatest.Maybe those battles phaedrus mentioned are U.S. history? Except the battle of Thermopylae
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I do remember some battle before canada’s founding where a british(i’m guessing) commander and a french commander had a truce,and both sides settled canada,explaining the english french languages. I learned that in school.
Uh, no.
The Battle of Bannockburn (1314) was fought between Scotland and England and secured, temoporarily, Scottish independence.
The Wars of the Roses was an English civil war fought over the succession to the monarchy, between the houses of Lancaster and York. It was settled with the acsension of Henry Tudor (Henry VII) which began the Tudor dynasty.
Um. I don’t know of any specific Anglo-French war in the New World before the Seven Years’ War of the mid 18th century. As far as I know, French Canada (now the Province of Quebec) grew from French fur-trading settlements, and English Canada was settled at roughly the same time as the more southern colonies that became the United States. The two didn’t bump into each other much until they’d grown a bit and troops from the home country were regularly supported.
An interesting historical tidbit is that none other than young George Washington, then an officer in the colonial militia, provided the French with the pretext that started the Seven Years’ War, by killing a French courier in a skirmish on the frontier.
I got the same feeling playing Company of Heroes. I may be a sissy for it, but I felt really frickin depressed playing it, sad even.
That’s what happens when you’ve got a forced landing on the beach head, as everyone’s intrenched in caves and even your own battle-ship’s artillery fire is killin’ ya’. It’s enough to make yo mummu cry at night.
The Battle of Bannockburn was a great victory for Scotland and their King, Robert the Bruce. He’s one of the historical figures I find most intriguing.
