In the Philippines... On Leyte, advances by US 10th Corps and US 24th Corps link up in the center of the Ormoc Valley. Isolated Japanese forces continue to resist in the area.

On the Western Front... In the north, US forces recapture Stavelot and bring the advance of the German 67th Corps (part of 6th SS Panzer Army), on the right flank of the German attack, to a halt from here to Monschau. To the south, the German 5th Panzer Army has nearly surrounded Bastogne while Houffalize has been secured.

Over Germany... RAF bombers attack Cologne and Bonn.

In the Norwegian Sea... A German convoy runs into a minefield laid by Free French submarine Rubis. This submarine has now sunk a total of 23 ships.

In Burma... Allied forces of the British 14th Army have advanced another 50 miles down the railway corridor to Mandalay and have occupied the Japanese bases of Wuntho and Nankan.

Over Occupied China... US B-29 Superfortress bombers attacked Mukden in Manchuria.