Battle of the Atlantic

• The British steamer Antiope (4545t) is sunk by German bombing northwest of Cromer with the loss of 1 crewman. A German air attack also sinks the Dutch steamer Friesland northeast of Cromer with the loss of 13 of her crew.
• The Swedish steamer Gunlag (1424t) is sunk by British bombing off Den Helder.

Britain, Command

The father of British Commando development, Adm of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, is replaced by the younger Capt Lord Louis Mountbatten. The new man converts Churchill to the policy of mounting smaller, less costly raids as opposed to Keyes' preference for large-scale operations with their attendant cost and logistical problems.

Eastern Front

In the south after ten days of fighting the German 11th Army occupies the whole of the Crimea except for the fortress of Sevastopol. Kramatorsk is among the area captured. The whole industrial area of the southern Soviet Union is now is German hands. In the area near Moscow the Russians launch a counter-attack.

Elements of the V Corps capture Volokolamsk after a long battle with 3 rifle divisions of the 16th Army. In the center, the 4th Army repulses renewed Soviet attacks. Heavy fighting erupts at Serpukhov. Lead elements of Brigade Eberbach reach Plavskoye, while the LIII and XLIII Corps consolidate their positins on the Oka River.

Mediterranean

The British submarine Tetrarch sinks on a mine in the Sicilian Channel. All 65 on board are lost.

Occupied France

It is reported that the Jeanne d'Arc Legion is formed to fight with the Germans in Russia.

United States, Home Front

In his Navy Day Speech Roosevelt denounces attacks on US shipping and reveals a Nazi plot in Latin America.