Battle of the Atlantic
- Condor 4-engined reconnaissance bombers, based near Bordeaux, are transferred to the operational command of Adm Dönitz.
- The British corvette Anemone sinks the large Italian submarine Nani northwest of Ireland.
- The British steamer H. H. Petersen (975t) sinks on a mine in the North Sea. The entire crew is rescued.
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]Japan, Planning
Yamamoto proposes Operation Z to destroy the US fleet at their Pacific base of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and to destroy British presence in the Far East by taking Hong Kong and Singapore. Other targets include the Philippines, Java, Borneo, New Guinea, the Malayan islands and the central Pacific islands.
[]North Africa
British and Imperial forces continue to advance from Bardia to Tobruk. The first contingents make contact with the defenses in the eastern sector of Tobruk. The fall of Bardia has reduced the number of troops available to the Italian Commander-in-Chief, Gen Graziani, by more than half. For the defense of Tobruk he can call on no more thatn 25,000 men, 220 guns and around 70 medium and light tanks. West of Tobruk the Sabratha Div is at Derna, the 17th Regt at Benghazi and an armored group at Mechili.
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