In Germany... Field Marshal Rommel is visited at home by Nazi government representatives. He is suspected of complicity in the July 20th plot to assassinate Hitler. Rommel is given a choice of a public trial or suicide with a state funeral and a guarantee of immunity from persecution for his wife and family. He chooses to commit suicide. His death is publicly announced as resulting from wounds.

On the Western Front... Lead elements of Canadian 2nd Corps (part of Canadian 1st Army) link up with the landing forces at Breskens.

In Greece... Allied forces occupy Athens and the Piraeus. Further British forces land on Corfu. The British 3rd Corps is about to land at Piraeus.

In the Palau Islands... On Peleliu, the US 81st Infantry Division replaces the US 1st Marine Division in the front line on the island. American authorities announce that the occupation of Angaur has been completed but Japanese remnant forces continue to resist in the north of the island.

In the Philippines... US Task Group 38.4 conducts air strikes on Aparri Airfield on Luzon.

In Formosa... One group from US Task Force 38 (Admiral Mitscher) continues to launch air strikes on Japanese positions. The 246 American planes engaged suffer 23 aircraft lost. The cruiser USS Houston is also crippled in a torpedo attack. Meanwhile, American B-29 Superfortress bombers, operating from bases in China, bomb the island.