In Italy… British and American elements of the US 5th Army capture Monte Chiaia and Monte Porchia. San Vittore is also taken.

On the Eastern Front… Soviet forces in the Ukraine continue advancing toward Kirovograd (2nd Ukrainian Front) and toward the former Polish town of Rovno.

In Occupied France… French resistance members sabotage the electricity supply to the Arsenal National at Tulle in the first of many such attacks.

Over Germany… A British Mosquito reconnaissance bomber is shot down by German anti-aircraft fire and its Oboe navigational aid is captured intact. This enables the Germans to devise counter-measures.