1942

THE LOOK OF HOMEFRONT AMERICA - Graphic Design's influence on America during WWII

THE FIRST YEAR OF AMERICA IS INVOLVED IN COMBAT

GRAPHIC DESIGN AS THE INFLUENCE

America learns to cope

Symbols, maps & systems

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Civil Defence Department and Charles Coiner

Interesting notes learned while collecting:

Civilians and businesses war time efforts - some effective while others were pure profiteering.

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1942 Events

Arcadia Conference Jan. - 26 nations sigh the Declaration of the United Nations during conference.
EPCA Jan. - OPACS becomes Emergency Price Control Act - giving power to place ceilings on prices except agricultural commondiites and to ration scarce supplies of items such as tires, automobiles, shoes, nylon, sugar, gasoline, fuil oil, coffee, meats and process foods.
German U-boats Jan. - German offensive comes closer to the US shores starting the "Second Happy Time".
ArmyFeb. - Formation of the USA Army Bomber Command
Java Sea Feb. The battle of the Java Sea
Automobiles Feb. - Last civilian automobile manufactured until the end of the war.
Internment Camps Feb. - Japanese Americans on the Pacific Coast were placed in Internment camps.
Jews March - Jews in Berlin must clearly identify their houses.
Reorganization March - The Secretary of War reorganizes the General Headquarters (GHQ), US Army into three major commands - Army Ground Forces, Army Air Forces and Service of Supply (later to become Army Services Forces). At the same time, the four Defense commands and all Theartres of Operations are subordinated to the War Department General Staff.
Jimmy Doolittle Bomber April - North American B-25B as flown by Jimmy Doolittle and Rchard Cole, bombing Tokyo and Yokahamma, Japane - a great boost of morale for the Americans.
Electronics April - Entire electronics industry switchs to war production.
Battle May - Battle of the Coral Seal
Book Sugar May - First ration cards issued - was called the "Sugar Book".
Mexico May - Mixico declares war on Germany, Italy and Japan
Gestapo May - The "Gestapo" executes 1331 Czeh
WAAC May - The US signs bill creating the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.
Gas Chambers June - First reports in the West that gas is being used to kill Jews sent to "the East"
Battle June - Battle of Midway
June - Lieutenant General Eisenhower assums the post of Commander of American Forces in Europe Later to be renamed to the Civil Defense opens.
Damn Completion June - Grand Coulee Dam Completed
Flag Covers July - Most major publications display an American flag on their covers to show patriotism.
Guadalcanal July - Japanese landed Guadelcanal
Deportation July - The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins
More Rationing July - Gasoline rationing begins.
Raids Aug. - British, Canadian and US tropps raid on French port Dieppe
USAAF Aug. - First US Army Air Force raid in Europe.
Operation Watchtower Aug.- Operation Watchtowerbegins in the Guadalcanal Campaign as American forces invade.
Seabees Sept. - US Navy Construction Battalion personnel, Seabees, began to arrive in Guadalcanel.
Battle Sept. - Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
Atanasoff-Berry Sept. - (ABC) First automatic electronic digital computer.
Manhattan Project Sept. - Program formed to secretly buld the atomic bomb before the Germans.
Grote Reber Oct. - First surveys of radio waves from the sky with Reber's invention of a Radio Mappinng Telescope
Battle Oct. - Beginning of the Battle of Santa Cruz
Operation "Torch" Nov. The Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria
1st War Load Nov. 1942
Site selected Nov. Los Alamos is selected as the site for Atomic Bomb Laboratory.
Retreat Dec. Germany retreats Group A out of Kauasus
More Rationing Dec. Food rationing proram announced.
Enrico Fermin Dec. - Fermi is the creator of the first nuclear reatctor - the (Chicago) CP-1 Pile.

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1942

GRAPHIC DESIGN AS THE INFLUENCE

America learns to cope

Symbols, maps & systems

Interesting notes learned while collecting:

Product endorsement

Time-line

1942 Events

Arcadia Conference Jan. - 26 nations sigh the Declaration of the United Nations during conference.

EPCA Jan. - OPACS becomes Emergency Price Control Act - giving power to place ceilings on prices except agricultural commondiites and to ration scarce supplies of items such as tires, automobiles, shoes, nylon, sugar, gasoline, fuil oil, coffee, meats and process foods.

German U-boats Jan. - German offensive comes closer to the US shores starting the "Second Happy Time".

ArmyFeb. - Formation of the USA Army Bomber Command

Java Sea Feb. The battle of the Java Sea

Automobiles Feb. - Last civilian automobile manufactured until the end of the war.

Internment Camps Feb. - Japanese Americans on the Pacific Coast were placed in Internment camps.

Jews March - Jews in Berlin must clearly identify their houses.

Jimmy Doolittle Bomber April - North American B-25B as flown by Jimmy Doolittle and Rchard Cole, bombing Tokyo and Yokahamma, Japane - a great boost of morale for the Americans.

Electronics April - Entire electronics industry switchs to war production.

Battle May - Battle of the Coral Seal

Book Sugar May - First ration cards issued - was called the "Sugar Book".

Mexico May - Mixico declares war on Germany, Italy and Japan

Gestapo May - The "Gestapo" executes 1331 Czeh

WAAC May - The US signs bill creating the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.

Gas Chambers June - First reports in the West that gas is being used to kill Jews sent to "the East"

Battle June - Battle of Midway

June - Lieutenant General Eisenhower assums the post of Commander of American Forces in Europe Later to be renamed to the Civil Defense opens.

Damn Completion June - Grand Coulee Dam Completed

Flag Covers July - Most major publications display an American flag on their covers to show patriotism.

Guadalcanal July - Japanese landed Guadelcanal

Deportation July - The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins

More Rationing July - Gasoline rationing begins.

Raids Aug. - British, Canadian and US tropps raid on French port Dieppe

USAAF Aug. - First US Army Air Force raid in Europe.

Operation Watchtower Aug.- Operation Watchtowerbegins in the Guadalcanal Campaign as American forces invade.

Seabees Sept. - US Navy Construction Battalion personnel, Seabees, began to arrive in Guadalcanel.

Battle Sept. - Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.

Atanasoff-Berry Sept. - (ABC) First automatic electronic digital computer.

Manhattan Project Sept. - Program formed to secretly buld the atomic bomb before the Germans.

Grote Reber Oct. - First surveys of radio waves from the sky with Reber's invention of a Radio Mappinng Telescope

Battle Oct. - Beginning of the Battle of Santa Cruz

Operation "Torch" Nov. The Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria

1st War Load Nov. 1942

Site selected Nov. Los Alamos is selected as the site for Atomic Bomb Laboratory.

Retreat Dec. Germany retreats Group A out of Kauasus

More Rationing Dec. Food rationing proram announced.

Enrico Fermin Dec. - Fermi is the creator of the first nuclear reatctor - the (Chicago) CP-1 Pile.

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