Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Merlinettes raiva zita raishandiswa nevakawanda rainzi vakadzi veC.F.T. (Women's Signal Corps) yeuto reFrance muHondo Yenyika II. Zita ravo remadunhurirwa rakatorwa kubva kumugadziri weboka Colonel Lucien Merlin, uyo akaumba chikwata muchando cha1942, kudzidziswa kwakaitika muFrench Algeria. Merlinettes vakatora rutivi mumibato mizhinjisa yeRusununguko rweFrance, kubva pakumhara muProvence
Kufambira mberi kweVasonganiri kubva kuParis kuenda kuRhine pamwe chete nehondo yeItaly. Muna April 1944 vakadzi vanenge 1.095 vakanga vachishanda muCorps vachisvika pakakwirira pakupera kwehondo yevanopfuura 2.000. Vanorangarirwa kuva varwi vechikadzi vokutanga veuto reFrance.