World War II - Front Line Actions

World War II - On the Home Front

• Dec. 7 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
• Dec. 8 U.S. declares war on Japan
• Dec. 11 Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.

• April 11 Office of Price Administration (OPA) established

World War II - Front Line Actions

World War II - On the Home Front

• May 7 Battle of Coral Sea
• June 3 Battle of Midway
• Aug. 7 U.S.offensive at Guadalcanal
• Aug. 17 First USAAF raid in Europe
• Sept. 15 Papua-New Guinea campaign
• Nov. 8 Operation Torch (North African campaign)

• Jan. 24 OPA authorized to ration goods
• Jan. 30 Emergency Price Control Act
• Feb. 10 Last new civilian car made
• April Japanese-Americans relocated
• July 22 Gasoline rationing begins
• Nov. 30 First War Loan
• Dec. 27 Food Rationing Program announced

World War II - Front Line Actions

World War II - On the Home Front

• Jan. 4 Tunisian campaign
• Feb. 2 Germans surrender at Stalingrad
• Mar. 2 Battle of the Bismarck Sea
• May 13 North African war ends
• June 30 South Pacific offensive begins
• Aug. 15 Aleutians retaken
• Aug. 17 Patton conquers Sicily
• Sept. 9 U.S. Army lands at Salerno, Italy
• Oct. 9 USAAF Schweinfurt Raid
• Nov. 20 Central Pacific campaign begins

• Feb. first point rationing books distributed
• April 8 Roosevelt's "Hold the Line" Order freezes price increases
• April 12 Second War Loan
• Sept. 9 Third War Loan

World War II - Front Line Actions

World War II - On the Home Front

• Jan. 22 Allies land at Anzio, Italy
• Feb. 7 Allied victory in the Marshall islands
• June 4 Rome liberated
• June 6 D-Day (Operation Overlord begins in Europe)
• June 19 Battle of the Philippines Sea
• Aug. 15 Allied invasion of France (Operation Dragoon)
• Sept. 10 France liberated
• Sept. 11 Invasion of Germany
• Oct. 23 Battle of Leyte Gulf
• Nov. 24 Bombing of Japan begins
• Dec. 16 Battle of the Bulge

• Jan. 18 Fourth War Loan
• June 12 Fifth War Loan
• Nov. 20 Sixth War Loan

World War II - Front Line Actions

World War II - On the Home Front

• Jan. 9 Philippines Luzon Campaign
• Feb. 8 Rhineland Campaign
• Feb. 23 Marines plant flag on Iwo Jima
• Mar. 9 USAAF Tokyo raid
• April 1 Okinawa Campaign
• May 2 Fall of Berlin
• May 8 VE Day (Germany surrenders)
• Aug. 6 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
• Sep. 2 VJ Day (Japan signs surrender agreement)

• April 12 Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt; Harry S Truman becomes President
• May 14 Seventh War Loan
• October 29 Eighth, or Victory, War Loan