Home Front
Britain: Bishop of Chichester questions the wisdom of RAF ‘area bombing’ raids on German cities, during debate in House of Lords. Viscount Cranbourne, replying, concedes that, if necessary, British Government are prepared to ‘bring the whole life of the German cities … to a standstill, in order to paralyse enemy production.’
Eastern Front
Northern Sector: Russians reach river Oredezh, south of Leningrad.