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

• NORMANDY INVASION SET FOR JUNE 6 June 4, 2020
• GLIDER PHASE OF D-DAY BEGINS June 3, 2020
• CHURCHILL-DE GAULLE RIFT ON EVE OF D-DAY June 2, 2020
• ALLIES DISRUPT GERMAN DEFENSES IN FRANCE June 1, 2020
• PLANNERS MULL USING A-BOMB ON JAPAN May 31, 2020
• RAF VENGEANCE BEGINS WITH 1,000 BOMBER RAID May 30, 2020
• NAZIS DEPLOY MIDGET SUBS IN FRANCE May 29, 2020
• HITLER PLANS TO END CZECHOSLOVAKIA’S EXISTENCE May 28, 2020