Balkans

Roberto Farinacci, member of the Italian Fascist Grand Council and editor of the newspaper Regima Fascista, is reported to be killed in action.

Battle of the Atlantic

The British steamer St Fintan (495t) is sunk by German bombing 10 miles south of Smalls with the loss of 9 of her crew.

German Raiders

• Gneisenau and Scharnhorst return to Brest after sinking 22 ships totalling 116,000t in Operation Berlin.
• The German raider Kormoran sinks the British steamer Agnita (3552t) in the middle of the Atlantic. The entire crew is taken prisoner.

Italian East Africa

In the advance west from Jijiga the Allied forces overrun another defensive position at the Babile Pass. The Italians declare the town of Harar, west of Jijiga, an 'open city'. British and Ethiopian forces occupy Neguelli in southern Ethiopia.

Vichy France

Britain gives its permission for emergency supplies of American flour to be shipped to Vichy France.