On the Eastern Front… The German forces (6th Army and 1st Panzer Army) close their encirclement west of the Donets River resulting in a Soviet loss of 250,000 men.

In North Africa… The Italian Trieste Division, fighting through British 150th Brigade, temporarily secure a critical life line for the Afrika Korps. The British armored attack around the Knightsbridge Road junction area fails to reach its objectives.