Battle of the Atlantic

• U-201 sinks the British steamers Stork (787t) and Aldergrove (1974t) from Convoy OG-71 northwest of Lisbon. 19 on board the Stork are lost, 3 survivors are picked up by the British corvette Campion. Only 1 crewman is lost on the Aldergrove, 38 survivors are picked up by the British corvette Campanula.
• U-564 sinks the British corvette Zinnia, an escort of Convoy OG-71, west of Portugal with the loss of 68 crew members. 17 survivors are picked up by the British corvette Campion.
• U-552 sinks the Norwegian steamer Spind (2129t) west of Portugal. All 25 members of her crew are rescued by the British destroyer Boreas.
• U-143 sinks the Norwegian steamer Inger (1418t) northwest of the Isle of Lewis with the loss of 9 of her crew. 14 survivors are picked up by the British steamer trawler Ladylove.

Eastern Front

2nd Pzr Group and 2nd Army from the German Army Group Center begin attacks south toward Gomel and Starodub to link up east of Kiev with the forces of Army Group South. Most of the German generals are opposed to this move and would prefer to maintain the drive toward Moscow but Hitler insists on this change in strategy.

Small Arms Training

A Soviet Army soldier teaches Russian partisans how to operate a Browning Hi-Power handgun during Operation BARBAROSSA, the initial German advance into the Soviet Union.

The fighting on the Finnish front and the northern approaches to Leningrad has cost the North Front 36,800 killed and missing and a further 35,700 wounded since the opening of hostilities.

German progress is made along the roads to Velikiye Luki against stiff Soviet resistance.

Men of Panzer Engineer Battalion 37, 1st Panzer Division, in the big tank trench at Pisma, August 23, 1941.

Panzer Engineer Battalion 37

German Raiders

The German merchant cruiser Orion returns from its cruise and arrives in the Gironde Estuary. The cruise has lasted 510 days and 6 ships of 39,000 tons have been sunk, as well as 7 more in company with the raider Komet.

Mediterranean

The British submarine Tetrarch sinks the Italian steamers Fratelli Garre (413t) and Francesco Garre (395t) northwest of Sirte, Libya.

Vichy France

Pétain empowers Vichy courts to impose the death penalty for 'terrorist' offenses. 3 men are guillotined on Aug 28.