In the Philippine Sea… US Task Force 38 is caught in a typhoon while retiring to refuel and replenish. Three destroyers are sunk and 3 fleet carriers, 4 escort carriers and 11 destroyers sustain damage.

Over Japan… US B-29 Superfortress bombers raid Nagoya (nominally the Mitsubishi aircraft assembly works).

Over Occupied China… Some 200 US 14th Air Force planes, and 84 B-29 bombers, attack the Japanese supply base at Hankow causing fires that burn for three days.

Over Occupied Poland… An RAF nighttime attack sinks the Schleswig-Holstein and 8 other ships at Gotenhafen (Gdynia).

In Liberated Greece… British troops begin an offensive against the rebellious Communist forces and capture on of the ELAS strong points on the Piraeus road.