Conscription? You’ll need more than that. You’d have to press-gang those kids into service, and then hope they don’t revolt.
Other alternatives: 1) Becoming the enemy - telling them their families’ lives are forfeit if they don’t pass muster. 2) Some really top-notch propaganda.
I can think of at least one country that would do both of these, but would deny the first one.
Conscription? You’ll need more than that. You’d have to press-gang those kids into service, and then hope they don’t revolt.
Other alternatives: 1) Becoming the enemy - telling them their families’ lives are forfeit if they don’t pass muster. 2) Some really top-notch propaganda.
I can think of at least one country that would do both of these, but would deny the first one.
I can think of a few that would do it, but one that’s probably doing it now