In Sicily... Canadian troops capture Enna and advance to Leonforte. American troops reach Menfi in the south of the island.

In Washington... Roosevelt directs that information about atomic research is to be shared with the British. 

On the Eastern Front... Popov's Bryansk Front captures Mtsensk.

In the Solomon Islands... New American forces take over the front on New Georgia. New road construction alleviates the supply problem. Two Japanese destroyers are sunk during a supply mission.