Brazil, having endured several days of German U-boat attacks, declared war on Germany and Italy. The Germans has presumed, incorrectly, that Allied ships were taking refuge in South American territorial waters.
Brazil would contribute some ground forces to the war in Europe, but its major contribution would be in regard to providing its massive coastline in the war effort.
On this day, the German 16th Panzer Division crossed the Don, with the path to Stalingrad now open before it.
A renewed naval battle in the Savo Sound occurred between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early morning hours, resulting in the ultimate loss of the USS Blue.
The Chinese captured Yuijiang.
In the Caribbean, an American B-18, a plane we hardly think of in the context of World War Two, sank the U-654.
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The USS Ingraham sank off of Nova Scotia after she was hit in fog by the oil tanker Chemung.
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