{"id":20935,"date":"2023-01-04T10:03:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T09:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=222335"},"modified":"2023-01-04T11:35:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T10:35:14","slug":"refusing-to-fight-in-ww2","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/refusing-to-fight-in-ww2\/","title":{"rendered":"Refusing to fight in WW2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 04 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>During the Second World War, around 60,000 people in Britain registered as conscientious objectors, seeking an exemption from military service on the grounds of their religious conviction, political stance or moral conscience. Speaking with Ellie Cawthorne, Professor Tobias Kelly shares the stories of five such people and discusses the challenges they faced.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-222335-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/Conscienciousobjectors-fabc54f.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/Conscienciousobjectors-fabc54f.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/Conscienciousobjectors-fabc54f.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tobias Kelly is the author of <em>Battles of Conscience: British Pacifists and the Second World War<\/em>\u00a0(Chatto &amp; Windus, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/battles-of-conscience-british-pacifists-and-the-second-world-war\/9781784743949?aid=19&quot;\">Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Battles-Conscience-British-Pacifists-Second\/dp\/1784743941\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=21E6JEFFK6ZJV&amp;keywords=tobias+kelly&amp;qid=1657276881&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=tobias+kelly%2Cstripbooks%2C64&amp;sr=1-1&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/battles-of-conscience\/tobias-kelly\/9781784743949&quot;\">Buy now on Waterstones<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Battles-Conscience-British-Pacifists-Second\/dp\/1784743941\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=21E6JEFFK6ZJV&amp;keywords=tobias+kelly&amp;qid=1657276881&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=tobias+kelly%2Cstripbooks%2C64&amp;sr=1-1&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><br\/><\/a><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ellie Cawthorne Published: Wednesday, 04 January 2023 at 12:00 am During the Second World War, around 60,000 people in Britain registered as conscientious objectors, seeking an exemption from military service on the grounds of their religious conviction, political stance or moral conscience. 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