Causes of this event & Key Events
How did these all start and what were the women intended to do? |
Basically, the women during World War 2 were told to continue the men’s job by the government. It wasn’t something they wanted to do but it was more of something they intended to do. At first the government politely discouraged those women who wanted to perform some kind of military service. It soon became clear that the war was going to demand much more than the government had expected. Women could do the technical jobs normally performed by men, freeing those men for combat.
Each branch of the armed services formed their own auxiliary crops for women. These were not combat forces, as the government was determined that no female auxiliary forces would serve outside Australia. As the situation became more desperate, some women were called on to serve overseas, particularly in New Guinea. They worked on observation posts and as anti-aircraft gunners, drivers, mechanics, and radio operators.
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