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At the outbreak of war, on 3 September 1939, the Military Training Act was overtaken by the National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939. The first intake was absorbed into the army. This act imposed a liability to conscription to all men aged 18 to 41 years who were living in Great Britain.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, only two armoured divisions (the 1st and 7th) had been formed, [8] in comparison to the seven armoured divisions of the German Army. [9] In September 1939, the British Army had a total of 892,697 officers and men in both the full-time regular army and part-time Territorial Army (TA). The regular army ...
At the start of the Second World War, the British Army Strength stood at 897,000 men including reserves. By the end of 1939, the strength of the British Army stood at 1.1 million men, and further increased to 1.65 million men during June 1940, By the end of the war some 2.9 million men had served in the British Army. [29] [28] [30] [31]
It superseded the Military Training Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 25) (enacted in May of that year) and enforced full conscription on all male British subjects between 18 and 41 who were present in Great Britain, subject to certain exemptions. [2] By a royal declaration in January 1941, the term Great Britain was extended to include the Isle of ...
A Companion to Contemporary Britain: 1939-2000 (2005) pp 3–22. Addison, Paul. The road to 1945: British politics and the Second World War (1975; 2nd ed. 2011). Addison, Paul. Churchill on the Home Front, 1900-1955 (1992) ch 10–11. Calder, Angus . The People's War: Britain 1939-45 (1969), highly influential survey
The British made a commitment on 21 April 1939 to provide an army of six regular and 26 Territorial divisions, introduced equipment scales for war and began conscription to provide the manpower. [11] In February 1939, the first four regular army divisions of the Field Force had been promised to the French, scheduled to reach the assembly area ...
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II . Germany 's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war.
The Military Training Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 25) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 26 May 1939, in a period of international tension that led to World War II. The Act applied to males aged 20 and 21 years old who were to be called up for six months full-time military training, and then transferred to ...