DY, I agree with the European drafts of the 19th century and prior. Jews went in forcibly for 20-30 year enlistments and were never seen again. My great-grandfather came to the US in the 1870’s to escape the Prussian Army draft. WW2 was different. Frum Jews of my father in law’s generation felt they were in a country that , for the first time in centuries, allowed them to be citizens ( despite the antisemitism) as well live as a frum Jew. It was a universal draft, not just for Jews, and they felt a duty to defend their country.
