What is a Blitz girl?

Kevin Sanderson

N_R Arts said:

Women. Good enough to replace men and take on their jobs when there's a war. But not good enough to carry on their jobs when the men return, and those same women are pushed back into the kitchen... :/

There are exceptions. My mom helped my dad in his sewing machine repair business after the war and then they both taught at a business college in town.

watchdog79

Sevrin said:

The garrison cap that comes with the uniform doesn't look terribly British to me.   Were they ever part of British uniforms?  I know the Americans and Russians wore them.

The British definitely did use what they called "field service caps" during WWII, however, their caps had a very distinct style, quite different from the one in the Blitz girl product. The one used there appears to be US style.

This is a typical WWII British field style cap:

This is a typical WWII US styled garrison cap:

Bartleby

The cover of this book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Uniforms-Militaria-Brayley-2001-12-03/dp/B01K3OB2Q8

shows a uniform that is quite like the model  by Oskarsson.  I like it.

 

Bunyip02

WendyLuvsCatz said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

Wonderland said:

This outfit looked interesting and historical https://www.daz3d.com/blitz-girl-uniform-for-genesis-8-females so I googled “What is a Blitz girl” and nothing remotely related to this outfit showed up. Anyone know what it is?

 

probably from the German term Blitzkrieg and not an actual thing

I wanted to clarify I meant the term Blitz Girl 

obviously women in the forces wore uniforms and this is a generic version of the style of the ones worn by the Allies

two of my Aunties were WAAFS

Aussie Forces - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Auxiliary_Australian_Air_Force

watchdog79

Bartleby said:

The cover of this book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Uniforms-Militaria-Brayley-2001-12-03/dp/B01K3OB2Q8

shows a uniform that is quite like the model  by Oskarsson.  I like it.

 

Except for the cap. As far as I understand it, the cap of the Blitz girl product lacks the two buttons on the front to be considered a British model.

markgoode77

watchdog79 said:

Bartleby said:

The cover of this book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Uniforms-Militaria-Brayley-2001-12-03/dp/B01K3OB2Q8

shows a uniform that is quite like the model  by Oskarsson.  I like it.

 

Except for the cap. As far as I understand it, the cap of the Blitz girl product lacks the two buttons on the front to be considered a British model.

The tunic's wrong too if it's supposed to be British, the 'M' shaped pocket flaps are part of an officer's uniform, and did not appear on the battledress of enlisted personnel.  But I think the outfit is supposed to be fairly generic, and as such I think it works well.

Edit: scratch that, I've just seen a couple of examples of battledress with the 'M' pocket flaps.

tj_1ca9500b

The movie 'Battle of Britain' features a few 'Blitz girls', or British women in uniform...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064072/

It's an oldie (1969) and is one of my favorite WWII movies.

mrshinkydink

My mother was a German Blitz Girl. She said they had a uniform with a lightening bolt on the shoulder, but I never saw it. She decoded Nazi messages by feeding paper tapes with numbers into a computer outside Berlin. The last messages were "The Americans are coming. Destroy everything." They closed up shop and left the day Hitler died. She came to Canada in 1947 as a displaced person. I wish I could find more information about the other girls. All I have is a photo of them when they had a day of leave from work. Mom died Oct. 14, 2020, aged 97.