In the Atlantic... The 11 German destroyers and torpedo boats intended to escort the blockade runner Alsterufer (sunk the previous day) encounter two British cruisers, Enterprise and Glasgow. Three German ships are sunk and the rest break off the engagement.

On the Eastern Front... The 1st Ukrainian Front, attacking west of Kiev, makes good progress. Korostyshev and Kateyvka, near Zhitomir, are recaptured.

In Italy... British 8th Army forces continue operations. The Canadian 1st Division completes the capture of Ortona.

In the Bismarck Archipelago... On New Britain, the US 1st Marine Division begins advancing to attack the Japanese airfield at Cape Gloucester.