On the Western Front… Elements of US 3rd Army cross the Moselle River around Metz. Further south, US 12th Corps continues advancing beyond the Seille River, capturing Chateau Salins.

In Italy… British 4th Division (an element of British 8th Army) captures Forli.

In the Philippines… On Leyte, another 2000 troops of the Japanese 26th Division arrive at Ormoc. The transporting warships are forced to withdraw before all the supplies can landed.

In Japan… The Japanese hang the Soviet spy Richard Sorge at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo. Sorge has been working for 8 years as the Tokyo correspondent for a German newspaper and during that time he has sent detailed information concerning German and Japanese plans to the Soviet Union. Among the information sent is a warning of the German attack on the USSR in 1941.