On the Eastern Front… Operation Typhoon, the German attack on Moscow officially begins. German Panzer Group 3 (Hoth), Panzer Group 4 (Hoeppner) and the 2nd, 4th and 9th Armies join the attack of Panzer Group 2 (Guderian). The operation is lead by tank units and includes substanial air cover.

In Australia… the elections result in a new government headed by John Curtin of the Labor Party.