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World War II: The Armistice of Cassibile is proclaimed by radio. OB Süd immediately implements plans to disarm the Italian forces.
World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad.
World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome.
World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
World War II: The Canadian declaration of war on Germany receives royal assent.
World War II: Batu Lintang camp, a Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo, is liberated by Australian 9th Division forces.
World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.
World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional association football.
World War II: Start of the Battle of Meligalas between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist security battalions.
World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeat attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.