Air Operations, Europe

The RAF raids Danzig, Dresden, Krupps' Works, Essen and many other targets in Germany, Occupied territory and Italy despite severe storms and icing during the night. 5 aircraft are lost.

Battle of the Atlantic

The British anti-submarine trawler Kingston Alalite (550t) sinks on a mine off Plymouth. 6 crewmen are lost.

The Blitz

170 night raiders bomb London. Several Southern Railway tracks are destroyed or damaged.

German Raiders

The German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis, posing as the Antenor captures the Norwegian tanker Ole Jacob (8306t) in the Bay of Bengal. The tanker is renamed Benno for German use.

Greek-Albanian Front

The Italian Undersecretary for War, General Ubaldo Soddu, replaces General Sebastiano Visconti-Prasca as the Commander-in-Chief in Albania.

Italian East Africa

The British recapture Gallabat in Sudan.