Australian troops enter the Royal Dutch Oil refineries on Borneo

In the Greater Sunda Islands... On Borneo, in Sarawak, the Australian forces complete the occupation of the Miri oilfield area. A preparatory naval bombardment begins at Balikpapan by 9 cruisers and 13 destroyers under the command of Admiral Barbey.

In the Philippines... On Luzon, Tuguegarao is captured by the American forces, of the US 37th Division, in the Cagayan valley. Gattaran is retaken in the southward advance of the American paratroopers dropped at Aparri, after the Japanese had expelled the Filipino guerrillas. Penablanca is also captured. The surviving Japanese units on the island, about 50,000 troops, are now concentrated in the Sierra Madre area to the east of the Cagayan valley.

In Burma... South of Prome, seven villages are cleared of Japanese forces.

In London... William Joyce ("Lord Haw Haw"), the British Fascist propagandist who broadcast from Berlin during the war, is to be sent to trial on the charge of high treason.