In North Africa… British troops take Halfaya and capture 5500 German and Italian troops. The garrison at Halfaya has held out since the start of Operation Crusader under the leadership of Hauptmann Wilhelm Bach, a German pastor.

On the Eastern Front… Field Marshal von Reichenau dies of a stroke while returning to Germany.

In the Arctic… Convoy PQ-8 is attacked on course from Iceland to Archangel. It is the first such attack on an Arctic convoy. German U-boat U-454 sinks one destroyer and one merchant ship.