Middle East
Iran: British and Russian forces meet at Kazvin.
Sea War
Merchant shipping losses in August 1941: 36 Allied ships with 103,452 tons in Atlantic, 5 Allied ship with 27,247 tons elsewhere.
11 Axis ships with 52,538 tons in Mediterranean.
3 U-boats sunk in the Atlantic, Arctic or Baltic. 65 serviceable U-boats in Atlantic.