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

• ROOSEVELT SENDS TROOPS TO OCCUPY GREENLAND April 10, 2020
• ARMY, NAVY POW NURSES HONORED AT WHITE HOUSE April 9, 2020
• HITLER, MUSSOLINI CONFER AFTER STALINGRAD April 8, 2020
• REICHSTAG PASSES MORE ANTI-JEWISH LAWS April 7, 2020
• AXIS FORTUNES RECOVER IN BALKANS April 6, 2020
• NAZIS ARREST OUTSPOKEN GERMAN THEOLOGIAN April 5, 2020
• FORCED LABOR CAMP SHOCKS U.S. ARMY LIBERATORS April 4, 2020
• ADM. CHESTER W. NIMITZ TO HEAD U.S. PACIFIC OPERATIONS April 3, 2020