AJRP Glossary
Term (romaji) | gakuto shutsujin |
Japanese | 学徒出陣 |
Japanese (GIF) |
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Translation | student conscription |
Comments | Japanese university students were initially exempt from national conscription. Japan's increasingly desperate position in WWII however, resulted in this rule being reversed in October 1943 by Imperial Edict. |
Type | Term |