Battle of the Atlantic

• The British anti-submarine trawler St Cathan (565t) sinks after a collision off the South Carolina coast. 31 of her crew are lost.

U-Boat Victim American Tanker Harry F. Sinclair

• The unarmed US tanker Harry F. Sinclair, Jr (6151t) is torpedoed by U-203 7 miles south of Cape Lookout, North Carolina with the loss of 10 of ther 36-man crew.
• The British steamship Ulysses is torpedoed and sunk by U-160 (14,647t) 45 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The high speed transport Manley (APD-1) rescues all hands, 195 crew and 95 passengers.
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Burma

The new Japanese offensive begins in the central sector with attacks on the line held by I Burma Corps.

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Eastern Front

Russian landings in the Crimea at Eupatoriya, now Yevpatoriya, are stubbornly resisted by the German 11th Army. The is no major action in the central sector. In the north, German Army Group North is still making slow progress towards their forces cut off in the Kholm-Staraya Russa area.

SOUTHERN SECTOR


In an effort to turn the rear of the 11th Army, a new force goes ashore at Evpatoriya. The Germans are prepared for such a move and repel the Soviet landing. But this time the attack at Kerch also fails and is called off.

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India, Home Front

Following their outright rejection by the Congress Party, the British Government withdraws its constitutional proposals. Stafford Cripps broadcasts to the Indian people.

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Occupied Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Cabinet resigns in protest over German demands for Bulgaria's direct participation in the Russian campaign. Prime Minister Bogdan Filov forms a new Cabinet.

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Pacific

The US submarine Trout (SS-202) torpedoes the Japanese fleet tanker Nisshin Maru (17,579t) west of Shionomisaki, Japan.

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Philippines

The Americans and Filipinos on Cebu are unable to stop the Japanese, who advance eastwards from Toledo without pause.

American War Prisoners Sort Equipment

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