Air Operations, Europe

During the night the Russians bomb Königsberg.

Battle of the Atlantic

• While on an operation south of Iceland U-570 surfaces immediately below a Coastal Command Hudson bomber and is surrendered. U-570 is taken to Iceland and eventually will enter British service as HMS Graph on September 19, 1941. The u-boat's entire crew of 44 are take prisoner.

  U-570 surrenders to a British Hudson of 269 Squadron August 27, 1941. Note German crew crowded into conning tower.

  U-570 Surrenders to British Hudson

• U-557 sinks the Norwegian steamer Segundo (4414t) from Convoy OS-4 west of Ireland with the loss of 7 of her crew. 27 survivors are picked up by the British sloop Lulworth. U-557 then sinks 2 other ships in the same area from the same convoy, the British steamers Saugor (6303t) and Tremoda (4736t). 59 are lost from the Saugor, 23 survivors are picked up by the British rescue ship Perth. 32 crewmen are lost from the Tremoda, 21 survivors are picked up by the French minesweeper Chevreuil. The u-boat next sinks the British steamer Embassage (4954t) 100 miles west of Achill Island with the loss of 39 of her crew. 3 survivors are picked up 4 days later by the Canadian destroyer Assiniboine.
• U-202 sinks the British trawler Ladylove near Iceland with the loss of all 14 crew members.

Diplomatic Relations

The Japanese government protests to Washington against repeated violation of Japanese territorial waters by American ships carrying aid to the Russian port of Vladivostock.

Eastern Front

Retreating Soviet forces sabotage the great Zaporozhe Dam (Dnepropetrovsk Dam) over the Dnieper River. The Germans begin full-scale attacks against the Baltic port of Tallinn. The besieged Russian garrison of Hangö repels determined Finnish attacks by land and sea.

As the Soviets begin the evacuation of Tallinn, the Germans push their rearguards back to the final defense line. During the night the destruction of the last supplies begins.

With the crisis at Leningrad deepening, the GKO assumes direct control of the Karelia, Leningrad and Northwest Fronts. The Stavka also begins the deployment of the 54th, 52nd and 4th Armies along and east of the Volkhov.

Attacks by the 3rd Panzer Group force the 22nd and 29th Armies back over the Western Dvina. Soviet counterattacks bring the German advance to a halt, but not before elements of the 22nd Army have been isolated near Velikiye Luki.

Finland

As a sign of things to come, Mannerheim refuses to act in direct cooperation with Army Group North, signalling a divergence in the war aims of Finland and Germany.

Iran

In the advance on Kermanshah the British take Shahabad and in the south they are preparing to attack Ahwaz.

The Iranian government resigns. A new government led by Ali Furughi is formed and asks for an armistice with the Allies. The treaty, by which the British and Russians will station troops at strategic points in the country, but not in the capital, is signed on the following day. The Allies' purpose in occupying Iran is to protect themselves in advance against a possible pincer movement by the Germans through Egypt and Syria.

Vichy, Politics

Laval and Marcel Déat, an enthusiastic collaborator and editor of the German-controlled newspaper L'OEuvre, are shot and wounded near Versailles by Paul Colette, a young member of a resistance group. This incident is taken as an excuse by the Vichy government to round up many of its opponents, describing them as communists.