Eastern Front

The Germans land on Muhu again, this time gaining a firm foothold.

At Leningrad, Zhukov is forced to commit a rifle division from his reserve to reinforce the hardpressed 42nd Army at Uritsk. Zhukov's plan is to build up the 42nd Army positions, forming a block upon which the German attack will falter. At the same time, the revitalized 8th Army is to strike from Oranienbaum with 2 rifle divisions into the flank of the German armies. The 8th Army is ordered to counterattack immediately but fails to move, Gen Shcherbakov claiming his force is too weak. Zhukov dismisses Shcherbakov and orders the 8th to attack the next day under its new commander, Gen Shevaldin.

South of Leningrad, Zhukov orders the 55th Army to defend the Pushkin, Krasnogvardievsk and Kolpino sectors. The 54th Army is commanded to recapture Mga and Schlusselberg.

The 3rd Panzer Division pushes slowly south, lead elements linking up with the 16th Panzer Division near Lokhvitsa. This junction, a rather tenuous one, brings about the encirclement of the Southwest Front in a gigantic pocket east of Kiev. Kirponos and his command, together with the 5th, 37th, 38th, 21st and 26th Armies, are cut off.

Finland

3 German minesweepers are sabotaged in the Helsinki dockyard.