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 occurred. 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 80 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

• CHERBOURG’S CAPTURE TO REPLACE LOST MULBERRY HARBOR June 26, 2022
• BRITISH INTERN SUSPECT GERMANS, ITALIANS June 25, 2022
• EISENHOWER TO COMMAND U.S. FORCES IN EUROPE June 24, 2022
• SOVIET BLITZKRIEG KNOCKS GERMANS OFF BALANCE June 23, 2022
• GERMANS BOMB U.S. AIR BASE IN UKRAINE June 22, 2022
• U.S. LAUNCHES NEW GEORGIA CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH PACIFIC June 21, 2022
• FRENCH RESISTANCE, WEHRMACHT CLASH June 20, 2022
• JAPAN MOVES TO STRENGTHEN IWO JIMA GARRISON June 19, 2022