On the Eastern Front… The Soviet Winter Offensive is slowing in the face of greater German resistance. In the north, the Red Army have encircled German 2nd Corps of the German 16th Army, just south of Lake Ilmen in the Demyansk region. The entrapped German troops will hold until relieved in April because the Luftwaffe manages to drop 270 tons of supplies to them daily.

On Wake Island… Admiral Halsey on board the USS Enterprise leads task force in a successful attack on Wake Island.