8 November 1941
Leningrad Front : Troops of the German Army Group North captured Tikhvin near Leningrad, Russia.
Crimea : 11th German Army occupied Yalta
Black Sea : Soviet submarine M-59 struck a mine and sank off Constanza, Romania in the Black Sea; all men aboard were killed.
Barents Sea , Norway : German cargo ship Flottbek struck a Soviet mine and sank
North Sea : Norwegian cargo ship Vicyo was bombed and sunk by Lufrtwaffe JU-88 bombers
Atlantic Ocean : Martlett fighter aircraft launched from Royal Navy escort carrier HMS Audacity intercepted and shot down two Luftwaffe FW-200 Condor recon bombers approaching convoy ON- 76 , Outbound North
Mediterranean Sea : Royal Navy cruisers HMS Aurora and HMS Penelope and destroyers HMS Lance and HMS Lively were dispatched from Malta to intercept an Axis convoy (intelligence gained through Ultra; a Maryland aircraft was dispatched to create the illusion that the convoy was spotted) that had just departed from Italy consisted of German freighters Duisburg and San Marco; Italian freighters Maria, Sagitta, and Rina Corrado; and Italian tankers Conte di Misurata and Minatitlan. This convoy carried 223 troops, 389 vehicles, 34,473 tons of supplies, and 17,281 tons of fuel. The convoy was escorted by two Italian cruisers and seven Italian destroyers.
Japan : Per the Great Army Instruction No. 992, the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy were ordered to coordinate their plans for the opening phases of the Pacific War.
Germany : At the annual Beer Hall Putsch speech, Adolf Hitler claimed that the war with Soviet Union was effectively won, citing 3.6 million prisoners taken, and by conjecture the Soviet forces must had suffered eight to ten million casualties thus far.âHowever long the war may last,â Hitler told the annual beer hall celebration in Munich on November 8, âthe last battalion in the field will be a German oneâ, and he added, on a note of triumph: âWe are deciding the fate of Europe for the next thousand years.â In regards to the United States, Hitler noted that the aggressive US President Franklin Roosevelt had ordered American ships to deliberately attack any German submarines they crossed, while Hitler continued to order restraint for German submarine captains; nevertheless, he noted that the submarines would fight back fiercely should they be fired upon.