ABSTRACT
This chapter provides widen the parameters by exploring the relationship of German women to war, and their role in the armed forces of the various states that made up the Holy Roman Empire. It examines those general aspects of the impact of war which differed little from those affecting male Chilians, in favour of investigating the position of women who were involved by direct contact with the military establishment. Women were transformed from a recognized part of the military establishment to the status of civilians, albeit still often under martial law. The low importance attached to women in German population statistics is a further indication of the minor role they played in the military calculations of the state. Women were blamed for a problem caused largely by official restrictions on marriage and the inability of German governments to pay soldiers adequate wages to support a family.
