In the North Atlantic… German U-boat U-570, surfaces immediately below a Coastal Command Hudson bomber, while on a mission south of Iceland. The U-boat commander surrenders and the submarine is taken to Iceland. It eventually will re-enter the war in British service as the HMS Graph.

On the Eastern Front… The German Armies begin all out assault against the Baltic port of Tallinn.

In Iran… The British advances continue towards Kermanshah with the British forces taking Shahabad. Meanwhile in the south, they are preparing for an attack on Ahwaz. The Iranian government resigns.

In Vichy France… Vichy leader Lavel and a prominent pro-German newspaper editor are shot and wounded near Versailles by a young member of a resistance group. This incident is taken as an excuse by the Vichy government to round up many of its opponents, describing them as communists.