The History of Conscription in Hungary

Abstract

In the 136 years between 1868 and 2004, the military  personnel of the Hungarian military was provided primarily  by compulsory enrollment for service in the country’s armed forces. Although the institution of mandatory  military service was not introduced before this period, a  wide range of obligations to perform military service  appeared from time to time. The form of duty varied in  each era, none of which was yet to be defined as  conscription. However, parts of the latter one showed up in  some of the military liability’s elements.The essay  summarises how the actual conscription, based form of  military service that was finally introduced in 1868, has  been developed in the 1,100-year history of Hungary.