Radio Tokyo taunted the American forces in Guadalcanal: "You are now marooned ... completely shut off from the world, without guns and bullets and without food, even as you were in Corregidor."

La Vanguardia reports that Rommel has maneuvered to gain advantages. Yup, with the British hot on his tail, he retreated 150 miles from El Alamein to Mersa Matruh.