In Burma… There are British landings at the northwest tip of Akyab Island in the Arakan area. A Commando and an Indian brigade are involved but there is little resistance from the Japanese. Inland, troops of British 33rd Corps capture Yeu, 22 miles northwest of Shwebo, in their advance to the Irrawaddy River. Chinese forces have captured Wanting on the Burma Road.

In the Pacific… The British submarine Shakespeare is depth charged by Japanese patrol boats.

On the Western Front… In the Ardennes there are German attacks on the narrow corridor leading to Bastogne which succeed in disrupting the timetable of the planned American attacks but fail to achieve any advance. Forces of the US 3rd Army and US 1st Army are attacking toward Houffalize from the south and the north, respectively. In Alsace, the German attacks and the American retreat continue. The US 6th Corps (part of US 7th Army) is being pressed particularly hard in the area around Bitche. Farther south, there is also fighting near Strasbourg.

On the Eastern Front… Soviet forces are engaged by German counterattacks southeast of Komarno aimed at the relief of the encircled garrison in Budapest. Several places on the southern bank of the Danube River have been occupied by the German forces.