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

• FIRST ALL-BLACK UNIT SEES ACTION ON GUADALCANAL January 24, 2021
• JAPANESE SEIZE RABAUL, AUSSIE ISLAND OUTPOST January 23, 2021
• U.S. AGENCY TO RESCUE JEWS, OTHERS January 22, 2021
• BRITISH USE ENIGMA MESSAGES TO DEFEAT ROMMEL January 21, 2021
• HIMMLER TO HEAD NAZIS’ SCHUTZ­STAFFEL (SS) January 20, 2021
• ROMMEL’S AFRIKA KORPS ORDERED TO LIBYA January 19, 2021
• AXIS POWERS RENEW TRIPARTITE TREATY January 18, 2021
• SOVIETS CAPTURE POLAND’S CAPITAL January 17, 2021