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 occured. 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 70 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

• LANDING VEHICLE TRACKED MAKES COMBAT DEBUT November 20, 2019
• SOVIETS MOVE TO TRAP GERMAN SIXTH ARMY November 19, 2019
• RAF INITIATES AIR “BATTLE OF BERLIN” November 18, 2019
• ITALY EMBARKS ON ANTI-SEMITIC CAMPAIGN November 17, 2019
• U.S. ARMY BOGS DOWN IN HUERTGEN FOREST November 16, 2019
• GERMANS PREPARE SURPRISE OFFENSIVE IN ARDENNES FOREST November 15, 2019
• HISTORIC COVENTRY CATHEDRAL SUCCUMBS TO FIRESTORM November 14, 2019
• RED BALL EXPRESS TO CEASE CONVOY OPERATIONS November 13, 2019