1941

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

1942

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

1943

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

1944

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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

1945

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