On the Western Front... Operation Market Garden continues. Elements of British 30th Corps reaches the south bank of the Rhine to the west of Arnhem. The troops of the British 1st Airborne Division continue to resist on the north bank despite shortages of food and ammunition. Other elements of British 30th Corps enter Germany southwest of Nijmegen.

From Berlin... German Army Group North Ukraine is designated Army Group A and  Army Group South Ukraine (Friessner) is renamed Army Group South.

In the Palau Islands... On Peleliu, American naval bombardment and air strikes support new US attacks which fail to break Japanese resistance.

In the Philippines... US Task Force 38 conducts air strikes on Japanese targets on the Visayan islands. Twelve American carriers are involved. Since August 31st, TF38 is estimated to have destroyed 1000 Japanese aircraft and 150 ships of all types. The American forces has lost 72 aircraft, including 18 accidents.