△In China…
Japanese forces enter the strategically important city of Nanning, despite fierce resistance by some 100,000 Chinese Nationalist troops. Loss of the city represents a setback for the Chinese winter offensive and the first Japanese victory since forces advanced west into Kwangsi province in a bid to break Chinese links with Indochina.

△In Germany…
The government takes in trust the property and financial interests of Fritz Thyssen – the iron and steel magnate and a key supporter of Hitler in earlier years – who fled to Switzerland in September 1939.

△In London…
The government of Belgium addresses a note to the British government concerning British reprisals against German mine-laying.

△In Britain…
On the Yorkshire coast, over 200 drifting mines wash ashore.

△In the North Atlantic…
Five survivors of the Dutch tanker Sliedrecht sunk by a U-boat, are picked up after 7 days in an open boat.