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

• HITLER FEARS TRAP, ABANDONS NORMANDY August 16, 2018
• ALLIES OPEN UP SECOND FRENCH FRONT August 15, 2018
• HIROHITO TO NATION: TIME TO BEAR THE UNBEARABLE August 14, 2018
• LUFTWAFFE KICKS OFF EAGLE DAY OVER BRITAIN August 13, 2018
• HIROHITO DECIDES FATE OF HIS NATION August 12, 2018
• AXIS FOREIGN MINISTERS HUDDLE ON EVE OF WAR August 11, 2018
• PARIS PARALYZED ON EVE OF LIBERATION August 10, 2018
• SECOND A-BOMB LEVELS NAGASAKI August 9, 2018