Elvis Presley was a tank crewman on an M-48 Patton tank, stationed in Germany. He was drafted into the US Army in 1959; he was honorably discharged in 1960. The draft continued from WW2 until the end of the Vietnam War.
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The SOS or Save Our Sons movement was formed in 1964 along with the Youth Against Conscription organisation. SOS was mainly made up of women who were against conscription, also known as National Service.
yes Geramny did use conscription during WW1. in Germany conscription had already been enforced and was a normal part of Germany's way of recruitment procedures. men were normally and regularily taken in for active service and trained.
The first US draft was the US Civil War (1861-1865); the last US draft was the Vietnam War (1961-1975).
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The anti-conscription riots.