In the Central Pacific… US forces land on Baker Island and build an air strip within a week. This action is to support the campaign in the Gilbert Islands.

In the Solomon Islands… On Vella Lavella the US force reaches Orete Cove.

On the Eastern Front… Soviet forces capture Dorogobuzh, halfway between Vyazma and Smolensk. To the south, the Red Army continues to advance beyond Taganrog.