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The United States home front during World War II supported the war effort in many ways, including a wide range of volunteer efforts and submitting to government-managed rationing and price controls. There was a general feeling of agreement that the sacrifices were for the national good during the war.
Life on the home front during World War II was a significant part of the war effort for all participants and had a major impact on the outcome of the war. Governments became involved with new issues such as rationing, manpower allocation, home defense, evacuation in the face of air raids, and response to occupation by an enemy power.
The War Production Board (WPB) was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II.President Franklin D. Roosevelt established it in January 1942, with Executive Order 9024. [1]
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park (8 P) Pages in category "United States home front during World War II" The following 117 pages are in this category, out of 117 total.
United States home front during World War II (10 C, 120 P) Pages in category "Home front during World War II" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
Hoehling, A. A. Home Front, U. S. A. The Story of World War II Over Here (1966) Kagan, Robert. The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941 (Knopf, 2023) excerpt; Kennedy, David M. "What the New Deal Did," Political Science Quarterly, (Summer 2009) 124#2 pp 251–268
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