Home Fronts
Britain: Churchill praises RAF Fighter Command (the ‘Few’).
Sea War
Mediterranean: Italian Navy to carry out ‘total blockade’ of Gibraltar, Malta, Suez and other British possessions.
Pacific: German disguised raider Orion sinks SS Turakina (8,700 t) after 2 1/2-hour battle in Tasman Sea.
China
Heavy Japanese bombing raid on Chungking; many thousands made homeless.