Battle of the Atlantic

• The Canadian corvettes Chambly and Moosejaw, en route to join Convoy SC-42, sink U-501 in the Denmark Strait with the loss of 11 of her crew. 37 are rescued.
• U-432 sinks the British steamer Muneric (5229t) from Convoy SC-42 south of Cape Farewell with the loss of her entire crew of 63. U-432 also sinks the Dutch steamer Winterswijk (3205t) and the Norwegian steamer Stargard (1113t) in the same area. 20 are lost from the Dutch ship, 13 are rescued by an escorting corvette. 2 crewmen are lost from the Stargard, 15 are rescued by the Norwegian steamer Regin.
• U-81 sinks the British steamer Sally Maersk (3252t) from the same convoy east-northeast of Cape Farewell. All 34 of her crew are picked up by the Canadian corvette Kenogami.
• In an attack on the same convoy, U-82 sinks the British CAM ship Empire Hudson (7465t) northeast of Cape Farewell with the loss of 4 crewmen. 63 survivors are picked up by the British steamer Baron Ramsay and the Norwegian steamer Regin. U-85 sinks the British steamer Thistleglen (4748t) in the same area with the loss of 3 of her crew. 46 survivors are picked up by the British steamer Lorient.
• U-111 sinks the Dutch steamer Marken (5719t) north of Ceara, Brazil. The entire crew of 37 are rescued 3 days later by the Panamanian tanker Stanvac Manila.
• The German steamer Julius Hugh Stinnes (2530t) sinks on a mine near Kolberg.

Eastern Front

The combned forces of Army Groups Center and South press on towards Kiev where the Russian resistance is stubborn. Guderian's southward attack on the Soviet forces east of Kiev reaches Konotop. Von Kleist's 1st Pzr Group begin to break out of their bridgehead over the Dniepr around Kremenchug.

Germans Advance through the Ukraine

While the battle for Leningrad continued unabated, the Russian armies farther south counter-attacked fiercely in the Smolensk and Gomel areas thereby seriously threatening the German flanks. In order to relieve this pressure the enemy opened a new attack on Kiev which resulted in the fall of Chernigov, to the north of the city, on the 12th and of Kremenchug, on the Dnieper, on the 14th. The German tanks seen above are advancing through heavy Russian artillery fire towards objectives in the Ukraine.

Fierce fighting rages around Sinyavino as the Soviet 54th Army attempts to relieve the pressure on Leningrad. Meanwhile, OKH orders the XLI Panzer Corps to Army Group Center.

The XXIV Panzer Corps captures Konotop and Romny as the Soviet Reserve Front assumes a defensive posture.

Disaster is looming in the south for the Red Army: the 5th Army is cut off on the Desna and the 38th Army cannot dislodge the Germans from Kremenchug. To compound problems, Stalin forbids any withdrawal of Budenny's Southwestern Front.[MORE]

Mediterranean

The Italian submarine Topazio sinks the British ferry Murefte (691t) northwest of Haifa with the loss of 1 crewman. Survivors are picke up by the Egyptian steamer Talodi.

Occupied Norway

German occupation authorities impose martial law in Oslo after Norwegian trade unions threaten a general strike.

World Affairs

More anti-Nazi measures are taken in Chile and Argentina.