In the Philippines… Fighting lessens on Mindanao. Japanese bombardment of the American forces on Corregidor is very intense.

In the Coral Sea… Aircraft from the USS Yorktown positioned 100 miles south of Guadalcanal, attack Japanese forces off Tulagi. The Yorktown then returns south to join the American Task Force 17 which is assembling to engage the Japanese. American actions are dictated by their code breaking which has revealed many of the Japanese plans to them.

In Burma… Chinese units are forced to withdraw from Wanting on the all important Burma Road and at Bhamo on the Irrawaddy. At Akyab, the British evacuate before Japanese advances.