H055887 FEMALE AUXILIARY SIGNAL’S BLITZ.

BACKGROUND: Although the German Military had utilized female personnel even prior to WWI, they were employed on an individual contract basis and classed as civilian personnel. The female auxiliaries were originally utilized in a variety of administrative, communications and supply positions including secretaries, clerks, cooks, and supply coordination assistants. With the increase in administrative responsibilities of the army after the successful campaigns of 1939 and 1940 the German’s began to actively recruit female auxiliary personnel to fill the additional positions. In December 1941 the War Service Laws dictated that females between 18 and 40 years of age could be drafted into military service as non-combatants with the Wehrmachtgefolge, (Armed Forces Retinue). Assorted auxiliary services were instituted and uniform regulations were introduced shortly after the War Service Laws were enacted but material shortages limited the issue of the uniforms to those auxiliaries serving in the occupied countries outside of Germany’s borders. Of Note: In November 1944 all female auxiliary personnel were grouped together under the control of the newly established, "Wehrmachthelferinnenkorps", (Corps of Female Armed Forces Auxiliaries).

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