Battle of the Atlantic

• In an attack on Convoy FN-366 by German motor torpedo boats S-59 badly damages the Dutch steamer Stad Maastricht (6552t). The ship is taken under tow but sinks on the 25th about 4 miles from the Gunfleet Light Vessel. The entire crew is rescued.
• The Dutch steamer Breda (6941t) is sunk by German bombing in the North Sea. The entire crew is rescued.

Polish Ace Awarded Silver Cross

Britain, Politics

• Lord Halifax becomes British Ambassador to the United States. Anthony Eden takes over as Foreign Secretary. David Margesson becomes Secretary for War (Army Minister).
• Churchill broadcasts to the Italians: 'One man and one man only was resolved to plunge Italy, after all these years of strain and effort, into the whirlpool of war.'

Greek-Albanian Front

The Greeks continue their advance, occupying Himarra.