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Hello and welcome to another World War II podcast.

I'm Angus Wallace.

In this episode we'll be looking at how Britain found the manpower to fight the war.

By the end, at least 4.5 million had served from Britain,

and if we add to that figure, Empire and Commonwealth forces,

we're looking at perhaps upwards of 10 million.

It's an astounding figure.

I'm joined by Roger Broad.

Roger Newbook, Volunteers and Pressed Men,

looks at recruitment during both the first and

second world war in both Britain and its empire. Thanks for joining me. Shall we

start by looking at the British Army?

I guess the First World War set the pattern for the rapid expansion in 1939 onwards.

Without picking over World War I, what lessons came out of that war it depends on what level at the

Popular level both in Britain and what by nine by 1939 were known as the dominions the lesson which a very large

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