Conscientious Objectors of the Second World War: Refusing to Fight

by Ann Kramer and Ann Krame

Even today, most histories of the world wars focus on those who fought. Those who refused to fight are usually overlooked, or just mentioned in passing, sometimes in a very dismissive manner. However, during the First World War, 16,000 men in Britain refused conscription: they believed it was wrong to take up arms and kill. Known as conscientious objectors they were humiliated, abused and imprisoned for their stand. More than 70 died because of brutal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844681181
• ISBN13: 9781844681181
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Remember When
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"