WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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working in munitions factories on the home front
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working as secret agents behind the enemy lines
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given combatant roles, such as serving as a frontline soldier
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given noncombatant jobs, such as serving as ambulance drivers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Around 16, 000 men refused to take up arms or fight during the First World War for any number of religious, moral, ethical or political reasons. They were known as conscientious objectors.
Detailed explanation-2: -A conscientious objector feels duty bound to act according to deeply held religious or philosophical beliefs. Religious conscientious objectors, for example, might interpret the commandment “Thou shall not kill” as the divine injunction against killing any human beings.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most famous names in the list are the men known as the Richmond 16, all absolutist objectors who refused even non-combatant duties. They include Bert Brocklesby, a teacher from Conisbrough, and Alfred Martlew, a clerk at the Rowntree’s factory in York.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the First World War, those who refused to fight in the conflict – known as conscientious objectors (COs) – were often treated harshly and vilified. These attitudes softened, however, over the course of the 20th century.