In the Balkans… The main German advance is halted by the Allied rearguard at Thebes. The rearguard falls back during the night. Meanwhile, there are two German attempts to move into the Peloponnese to interfere with the evacuation of the Allied troops. A paratroop force is dropped at Corinth to take a vital canal bridge but it is blown up before they can do so. At the west end of the Gulf of Corinth, the German SS Leibstandart Adolf Hitler Division begins to cross over the Patras.

In East Africa… The Allied forces take Dessie with 8000 Italian prisoners.