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

• PARIS PARALYZED ON EVE OF LIBERATION August 10, 2020
• SECOND U.S. A-BOMB LEVELS NAGASAKI August 9, 2020
• ALLIED AND JAPANESE NAVIES IN FIERCE BATTLE August 8, 2020
• FAILED HITLER ASSASSINS TO GET DAY IN COURT August 7, 2020
• U.S. A-BOMB INCINERATES HIROSHIMA, JAPAN August 6, 2020
• CHURCHILL TAPS MONTGOMERY TO HEAD EIGHTH ARMY August 5, 2020
• U.S. EIGHTH AIR FORCE KICKS OFF OPERATION APHRODITE August 4, 2020
• THREE BALTIC STATES COERCED INTO SOVIET ORBIT August 3, 2020