In the Palau Islands… On Peleliu there is heavy fighting around Mount Umurbrogol. Japanese forces are continuing to hold against the US marine attacks. On Angaur, there is intensive fighting between American troops and the small Japanese garrison.

On the Western Front… Operation Market Garden continues. In the morning the British 30th Corps reaches troops of the US 82nd Airborne Division at Grave. The combined force advances toward Nijmegen. At Arnhem, the British 1st Airborne Division continues to hold. Meanwhile, in Brittany, the last German resistance in Brest comes to an end.

On the Eastern Front… The Soviet offensive in the Baltic continues. Forces of the 3rd Baltic Front capture Valga in Estonia.

In Occupied Denmark… A general strike continues in protest of recent deportations by German authorities.