World War II Day by Day

The Daily Chronicles of World War II presents stories and historical information on the anniversary of the date they occurred. Consequently, our site changes every day as we probe into the intricate details of the events of World War II. We’d like to encourage you to bookmark our site and return daily for these important episodes that still impact our world some 80 years after they happened. For your convenience, we present the last seven days so you can catch up if you happen to miss a day. But after seven days, our stories are archived and they will not be presented again for several years.

All stories run from midnight to midnight Eastern Standard Time (on the East Coast of the United States) and they remain on the home page for only twenty-four hours.

TODAY

• ALLIES PLOT TO OUST JAPAN FROM BURMA February 1, 2026
• SOVIETS DESTROY AXIS ARMIES AT STALINGRAD January 31, 2026
• DARBY’S RANGERS SUFFER GRIM END January 30, 2026
• ALLIES SHUT DOWN GERMANY’S NORDWIND, OPEN OWN OFFENSIVE January 29, 2026
• U.S. EIGHTH AIR FORCE ACTIVATED January 28, 2026
• SOVIETS LIBERATE AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU DEATH CAMP January 27, 2026
• 2ND LIEUTANANT KILLS/WOUNDS 50 ENEMY January 26, 2026
• ARDENNES BULGE ELIMINATED, GERMANS RETREAT January 25, 2026