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

• NORWAY’S VIDKUN QUISLING MEETS HITLER December 14, 2024
• HITLER’S OPERATION MARITA DIRECTIVE TARGETS GREECE December 13, 2024
• HITLER TO GENERALS: OUR VICTORY IS CERTAIN December 12, 2024
• U.S. WAKE ISLAND DEFENDERS REBUFF INITIAL JAPANESE INVASION December 11, 2024
• JAPANESE PUT MANILA IN CROSSHAIRS December 10, 2024
• JAPAN: WAR ONLY IF U.S. ACTS AS AGGRESSOR December 9, 2024
• U.S. CAPITALISM UNDERPINS “ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY” December 8, 2024
• JAPAN’S NAVY SAVAGES U.S. PACIFIC FLEET December 7, 2024