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

• JAPANESE CARRIERS SET OUT FOR PEARL HARBOR November 26, 2020
• V-2 ROCKET KILLS/INJURES HUNDREDS November 25, 2020
• ALLIES ADOPT WAR PLANS FOR 1944 AGAINST AXIS November 24, 2020
• U.S. MARINES SCORE VICTORY AT TARAWA November 23, 2020
• FOREIGN NATIONALS CREATE NANKING SAFETY ZONE November 22, 2020
• WAR CRIMES TRIAL BEGINS FOR HITLER’S HENCHMEN November 21, 2020
• LANDING VEHICLE TRACKED MAKES COMBAT DEBUT November 20, 2020
• SOVIETS MOVE TO TRAP GERMAN SIXTH ARMY November 19, 2020