The Home Front
The home front during WWII contributed to the war effort by growing some of America’s food and buying war bonds. At home, many materials had to be rationed because the people fighting in the war needed it at the front. Each family got a certain number of points every month and they were used to buy food and other materials. Some things that were rationed were food like meat, butter, sugar and gas. As a result of this, victory gardens were grown in very many homes during the war. They needed gardens to supplement their food supply. In 1943, more than 20 million victory gardens were planted by Americans and the food grown in those gardens was about a third of all of the vegetables consumed in that year. To collect money for the war costs of WWII, the government created war bonds. These bonds were donations or a loan of your money to the federal government for the time being and at the end of the war you would be paid back the money you donated with a victory interest too. The home front fueled the entire WWII war effort.